So about Corey Simon....

[Sgt PSN]

yes, damn him for trying to get as much money as possible while not managing to keep his fat ass in shape to justify earning a penny more than he was making in an unfair system!  damn him!

I agree...

I guess that's a more brief way of putting it. 

[SunMo]

i agree with you all, but he got what he wantd, so I guess his strategy worked

[General_Failure]

And he didn't even have to do much to get it.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i agree with you all, but he got what he wantd, so I guess his strategy worked

Yep.  The only winner in the Corey Simon mess was, in fact, Corey Simon.

[MURP]

per pft

POLIAN GETTING RIPPED IN LEAGUE CIRCLES

Multiple league sources have sounded off to us regarding the manner in which the Indianapolis Colts (and, more specifically, president Bill Polian) have handled the situation regarding defensive tackle Corey Simon.

Some folks are pointing all the way back to the decision to sign Simon after the Eagles removed the franchise tag from him.  "People around the league are laughing their asses off," said one source.  "No one wanted Simon long term because he was considered a turd at Philadelphia.  The Colts overpaid him and were only bidding against themselves."

Opined another league source in the wake of the decision to put Simon on the non-football injury/illness list and not pay him the rest of his 2006 salary, "He seems to be the biggest icehole in the league, but no one talks about him. . . .  [H]e thinks he's the Commissioner of the NFL.  They are bitching about the substitution rule as if those [really bad word that even we can't find a good way to partially block] are free of manipulation of the rules.  The fat ass of all time D-line coach [John Teerlinck] teaches to go low at quarterbacks to more easily get them off their game and if they get hurt in the process so be it.  They pump noise into their stadium and when the opponents have the ball so their midget defensive ends can get a better jump."

It's prompted some in league circles to refer to Polian as "Nepolian."

Not bad.  We didn't come up with it, but we're happy to start using it.

[MDS]

Interesting. I always thought he was a super nice guy.

[Feva]

The media in Buffalo always played him up to be Man of the Year.

[PhillyPhreak54]

RUMORS PERSIST THAT SIMON HAS PAINKILLER ADDICTION

Despite media reports that Colts defensive tackle Corey Simon is suffering from polyarthritis, there is rampant talk in league circles that he developed a dependency on painkillers following arthroscopic surgery in August.

And if this is true (and we're not reporting that it is) it would explain why the Colts are so sensitive about the situation.  Several years back, it was disclosed that Colts owner Jim Irsay had been struggling with painkiller addiction.

Meanwhile, we're also hearing that Simon insists that he has no non-football illness that would prevent him from playing, and that he's simply having trouble with his knee. 

So regardless of whether Simon is struggling with painkillers (and again we're not saying that he is), it's increasingly obvious that his polyarthritis nonsense is a pretext for a case of buyer's remorse.

[hunt]

let's all pray that corey's medical problems don't shorten his hall of fame career.

[Diomedes]

And we pray. 

[Sgt PSN]

And we pray.

No effing way!   

[PhillyPhreak54]

Paul Domowitch | Source says Simon uninterested
by Paul Domowitch

THE COLTS' decision to put defensive tackle Corey Simon on the non-football illness-injury list last week had nothing to do with a mystery illness and everything to do with the club's belief that he didn't want to play football, according to a source close to the situation.

Simon, 29, who signed a 6-year, $30 million contract with the Colts last August after the Eagles removed the franchise tag from him, already has received more than $14 million in bonuses and salary from the Colts.

He had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in mid-August to repair some minor cartilage damage. The Colts had expected him back by the start of the season. But last week, he still was insisting his knee wasn't well enough for him to play. His weight, according to the source, also has been ballooning. When he played for the Eagles in 2004, he weighed about 305. When he signed with the Colts last season after sitting out training camp and all of the Eagles' offseason workouts, he was up to 325. Now, he's on the plus side of 350, the source said.

ESPN reported last week that Simon was diagnosed with polyarthritis, which is arthritis that affects at least five joints. But both Colts owner Jim Irsay and Simon's agent, Roosevelt Barnes, have disputed that."There was nothing conclusive or decisive that was diagnosed,'' Irsay said last week. "Corey said he couldn't return, couldn't go, couldn't participate.''

By putting Simon on the non-football illness-injury list, the Colts don't have to pay him the remaining $1.9 million of his 2006 salary. According to the source, the Colts almost certainly will release Simon after the season.

Neither Simon nor Barnes returned phone messages from the Daily News yesterday.

Colts general manager Bill Polian's decision to sign Simon was curious right from the start. At the time, they were looking for a tackle to shore up their run defense. But Simon always had been a much better pass rusher than run defender. When he arrived in Indy overweight, he wasn't even an effective pass rusher anymore. He didn't have a single sack in 13 games last season.

[bobbyinlondon]

Isn't it weird how he might be "disinterested" after he took 14M of the Colts' money?

[Zanshin]

Dude, it's hard to spend all that money when you're on the football field.

[PhillyGirl]

He has 14 million reasons to want to sit home and eat himself to death.