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They gave him a ton of money. The GM, the head coach, they're all like, 'Well, we gave him this one. We're expecting him to be a complete number one receiver. We traded away Michael Pitman.' Like they paved the way for Pierce to come in and get that role.

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The Colts gave Pierce $30 million and traded away Michael Pitman Jr. (who had three seasons over 140 targets), clearly paving the way for Pierce to take on the alpha receiver role.

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