A.Q. Shipley traded to Baltimore Ravens from Colts
The Baltimore Ravens were looking for an option to replace center Matt Birk. The Indianapolis Colts had a spare center after drafting Khaled Holmes in the 2013 NFL Draft. Thus, we have a deal.
Both teams announced that center A.Q. Shipley was sent to the Ravens in exchange for a conditional 2014 draft pick. Shipley, who started five games last season, will compete with Gino Gradkowski for the starting job.
On Twitter, Shipley thanked Colts fans for their support.
Just wanted to say thank you to all the people in the colts organization who gave me an opportunity last year to show what i can do! It was
— AQ Shipley (@aqshipley) May 9, 2013
An amazing year and i cant say enough about them and all the awesome fans in this beautiful city of indianapolis! I look forward to going
— AQ Shipley (@aqshipley) May 9, 2013
It's nice to see the Colts getting creative in an effort to improve. They also made a minor trade of Jerry Hughes to the Buffalo Bills two weeks ago to pick up linebacker Kelvin Sheppard. The NFL needs more trades. We're getting bored of this whole "offseason" thing.
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