Indianapolis Colt Coach Rod Dowhower said that...
Indianapolis Colt Coach Rod Dowhower said that Mike Pagel, the team’s top quarterback during a disappointing 1985 season, would not be with the NFL team next season.
“He’s going to be with another team,” Dowhower said on the eve of the opening of the Colts’ second off-season mini-camp.
Pagel’s value to the Colts plummeted two weeks ago when the team traded for veteran Gary Hogeboom, who had been disgruntled as a backup to Danny White in Dallas, and drafted Jack Trudeau of Illinois.
Pagel worked out with the Cleveland Browns over the weekend. The Colts had given him and his agent permission to seek a deal with another team, for which the Colts would have to be compensated.
Pagel, 25, completed 51% of his passes last year for 2,414 yards and 14 touchdowns. He also threw 15 interceptions.
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