Ruston Webster has been surprisingly busy in the first few days of the 2013 spending frenzy that is NFL free agency.

After landing some of the biggest players in the first hour of open signing, he kept it up on Day 2 by securing running back Shonn Greene, defensive tackle Sammie Hill and linebacker Moses Fokou according to direct team press releases.

All the moves should be consider depth moves meant to shore up thin spots in the roster. Fokou and Hill are situational players with solid value for the right roles. Both players can help to add sting to a defense that lacked punch in 2012.

The move to secure Greene was more curious. Webster called him "a nice complement to Chris (Johnson)."

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The 2012 Indianapolis Colts had arguably the worst pass defense in football.

The 2013 Colts should be better than that.

With yet another high-profile signing, Ryan Grigson has remade the back end of one of the NFL's worst defenses.

Grigson commented via direct press release that the team had secured Landry, saying

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With everyone around him losing their heads, Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith is keeping his.

As expected, the Texans have remained silent in the first day of free agency, even as a line of talented veterans leaves town.

In the span of a few days, the Texans have parted ways with Kevin Walter and lost James Casey and Glover Quin to other squads.

In a press release, the Texans announced they were releasing the 31-year-old receiver who had been with the team for seven seasons. Walter's production simply didn't match his salary and he is now free to sign with any team.

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Ryan Grigson has apparently decided not to count on more miracles in 2013.

He took matters into his own hands as free agency kicked off. The Indianapolis Colts signed five players in the early hours of the new league year, and upgraded both the offense and defense in the process.

Of course, no signing can be judged without all the contract details, but there's little question that in terms of raw talent, the Colts are better now than they were at the end of 2012 season.

The team announced on its website that they have added tackle Gosder Cherilus and guard Donald Thomas to go with linebackers Lawrence Sidbury, Erik Walden and corner Greg Toler.

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Mike Munchak must have been tired of watching Chris Johnson getting stuffed behind the line of scrimmage.

The Tennessee Titans made a strong opening move minutes into the free-agent signing period by inking former Buffalo Bill guard Andy Levitre to a contract according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The contract takes one of the best interior linemen off the market and makes up in part for the retirement of Steve Hutchinson. The team formally announced via direct press release that the veteran would not return.

They then followed up the Levitre signing by bringing in 49ers tight end Delanie Walker ostensibly to replace Jared Cook.

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With free agency set to descend upon the NFL, rumored interest between the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay wideout Greg Jennings could well signal Indy's foray into the wide receiver market.

Shawn Zobel of Draft Headquarters reported he was told of interest in Jennings by several teams including the Colts.

While Jennings doesn't necessarily make sense in Indianapolis, the fact that the Colts may be kicking the tires on a pass catcher certainly has a logic to it.

Jennings will turn 30 in September and is coming off an injury-plagued season. When healthy, he's been among the NFL's best receivers, twice being named to the Pro Bowl. 

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All too often the optimism of free agency ends in the ignominy of a Friday afternoon release.

The Jacksonville Jaguars took another step toward distancing themselves from the "delusional" free-agent spending of former general manager Gene Smith by announcing they've released two recent signings.

The team announced via direct press release that they are parting ways with Aaron Ross and Dawan Landry. Both players were brought in to bolster the defense, but as the Jaguars plummeted to the bottom of the NFL, they became expendable.

Landry signed two years ago for $27.5 million. He collected just over $11 million in two years before being released. The Jaguars save $5.4 million real dollars next year, but will still have to eat $3.9 million in dead money that negates most of the savings.

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A familiar face found himself back home again in Indiana today.

Long-time Colt and Pro Bowl Center Jeff Saturday returned to Indianapolis to sign a ceremonial contract with the Colts so that he could retire a member of the franchise that once scooped him off the undrafted scrap heap.

Saturday's meaning and importance to the franchise has been covered at length, but today's ceremony said something about the future as well as the past.

Owner Jim Irsay announced that the ceremony would be the first of several honors for Saturday, and that he would begin a new position with the team.

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