Report: Colts’ Star Corner to Report for Training Camp Despite Contract Dispute

The Indianapolis Colts can breathe a brief sigh of aid as Professional Bowl cornerback Kenny Moore II will reportedly be in attendance for coaching camp regardless of his dissatisfaction over his contract.

Moore didn’t take part in voluntary on-field work this spring after letting or not it’s recognized that he was not happy with the state of his present contract. He did, nevertheless, present as much as the Colts’ facility through the obligatory veteran minicamp and can proceed to take part for the beginning of this week’s coaching camp, per Joel Erickson of The Indy Star.

“Kenny Moore II is planning to report back to coaching camp this week, in accordance with a supply… Colts veterans report Tuesday,” Erickson wrote on Twitter.

In the course of the 2019 offseason, the stud defensive again signed a four-year, $36 million deal together with $18 million assured. On the time, Moore grew to become the NFL’s highest-paid slot defender however now could be the league’s Twenty seventh-highest-paid nook total primarily based on his $8.33 million per season common. He is set to make $6.75 million in 2022 and $8.245 million in 2023.

Moore remains to be extensively thought-about the NFL’s premier slot defender however contemplating elite corners are beginning to go above $20 million per 12 months, it is comprehensible why Moore now feels underpaid.

Via 5 seasons in Indianapolis, he has began 61-of-75 video games, totaling 358 tackles (20 for loss), 7.0 sacks, 4 compelled fumbles, 1 fumble recovered, 14 interceptions, 45 move breakups, 12 quarterback hits, and 1 defensive landing. In three postseason contests, he is additionally added 3 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, and three move breakups.

Since 2019, Moore’s 200 tackles rank first amongst NFL cornerbacks, his 5.5 sacks are second, his 14 tackles for loss are third, and his 10 interceptions are tied for fourth.

In 2021, Moore completed with 102 tackles, making him the primary cornerback and solely the third defensive again to hit the 100-tackle mark for the Colts since 1994.

With Moore within the fold for brand new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, the Colts now have a compelling group of cornerbacks headlined by Moore and new free-agent signee Stephon Gilmore in addition to Isaiah Rodgers and Brandon Facyson.

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