Zoltan

sounds like a Steelers WR lol

I have to say I miss the emojis on these posts because the bolded had me laughing. He was highly sought after and turned down jobs. He has also been fairly consistent and hasn't changed his philosophy, his approach was very similar to the chiefs, build through the draft and find a veteran to bridge until you find a rookie you like unfortunately he couldn't find his version of Alex Smith. I'm assuming you are just going off WR hits, because there has been alot of draft hits.

I would really like us to sign Cooper, I don't have confidence in Franklin and Speeds ability to cover which Cooper is a true 3 down LB while Franklin and Speed should be off the field on 3rd downs

Interesting that they gave up a 2nd round pick and then rework the contract as a 1 year deal, that seems like too high of a draft pick for a one year rental. I feel these type of deals don't work out for the team receiving the player to often but we will see, the Texans are definitely going all in.

Texans got a taste of success and decided to go all in. We’ll see if it works out for them.

I think he’s a better fit with the offense Pete Carroll used but we’ll see what the new scheme looks like

I think we have hit the point everyone is waiting for after the draft to fill holes.

It was a 3rd that can turn into a 2nd with the right conditions and the fact that it's in 2026 doesn't change the fact that it is a 2nd/3rd rounder. Frankly they overpaid for him. As where the Colts fit with this trade, it doesn't make sense because of the cost and you have to ask the question how big of a difference is Reddick to our current starter?" Which Reddick fits Ebukam's role more than Payes. Ebukam had 9.5 sacks in his first season, and hopefully with the new DL coach he have at least 9 sacks this season as well. So is the 2nd and 3rd rounder + the new contract worth the slight upgrade that Reddick is? I say no because Ebukam could be just as good if not better this year. (Granted sacks aren't the be all for comparing players, I'm just using them to simplify the argument without getting to far into the weeds.) Hunter would have replaced Paye most likely which would have been a bigger upgrade worth the contract (without giving draft picks away). How I always look at these trades is what the floor and ceiling of player A is compared to the current player B, and are the assets that are being traded/contract being given worth the difference between the ceiling of current player B to the floor of the new Player A.

Hunter was a FA, Reddick you are giving a 2nd or 3rd rounder and a new contract or you keep him as a one year rental. So for the price of Reddick he isn't worth it, I would trust Ebukam and the new DL coach improving our young players. The Jets are going all in this year with Rodgers, but Howie Roseman may end up making them look bad like he has made many others look foolish with trades. Well from your response, I would say I know more than you lol See the above comment about why Reddick costs way too much, Howie would love to give Reddick for Dayo and Paye and would laugh is way to the super bowl. While your philosophy would destroy your depth and rotation players that would leave the DL gassed and unable to last the season. It's the same thing Grigson did. After 2-3 years you will have the oldest roster in the league, no young talent and have terrible cap space.

No one is afraid of paying for talented players, they just don't want to pay aging players past their peak or players that are coming off a lot of hype that doesn't match their talent. We have seen that before with Grigson and all it does is put you in a bad spot salary cap wise and unable to resign your own good players. You combine that with also having to trade away high draft picks it's not worth it.

One prospect that I think fits Bradley's scheme is Cooper Dejean, he had a season ending injury that has limited his ability to test at the combine. I think he screams as a Ballard pick because he has picked multiple players that are coming off injuries and were projected to be higher picks if not injured, then add that he is considered an athletic freak. If he falls into the 2nd I think he could be a perfect pick for the Colts as a free safety or CB.

I flat out just disagree, we actually have really good depth on this team in almost every position except safety and really only need to add one player here or there to add competition. I wouldn’t say Ballard is reactionary either, I would say it’s purposeful because each move is done with great thought and vetting, hence why we have had great success finding good players in late rounds. He does though is trust his young talent to develop for example when Stewart went down they had Eric Johnson as the run stopper but it didn’t work out. As for Kicker don’t you remember them bringing multiple kickers in always trying to improve the position, it’s actually a hard position to fill and when he had the opportunity to finally fix it he did. You could even say they had the foresight to convert R. Harrison to a LB because they knew the current LB group was bad in coverage.

My guess certain Colts media will be out for blood, there’s been a lot of articles written emotionally lately.

I swear every year everyone gets there hopes up and every year Ballard does Ballard. Where he doesn’t do big signings, he makes some small signings that are criticized. Then it works out. This year seems especially bad because even the local media seem emotional about the lack of big signings but I really don’t get it.

Okay for a second I thought you were adding Buckner into the 35 million, which I thought was crazy since he was 4th in sacks for DTs. Thanks for clarifying.

How did you get the 35 Million number? Stewart is 10.3 this year and Davis is 5 million cap hit this year. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/cap/ I don't care about boring label. He's a fantastic 3rd down WR, who has had 3,159 yards over 3 seasons with 3 different average at best QBs and being the focus of the passing game. He would have gotten paid more if he made it to FA.

Yes it does actually you want depth and players to rotate in, otherwise you have to make Stewart play the whole game and be gassed at the end of every game and being gassed at the end of the season or you have a player like Taven Bryant be in the game and the run defense gets a lot worse. Being able to rotate players in helps keep the team fresh throughout the year and playoff run, and like I previously said yes a NT is going to help you win a SB. The run defense of KC in the super bowl held McCaffrey to 2 yards less per carry, If KC didn't have their run stuffers they don't win

While I agree on the Franklin contract, I think they have some bad takes on the others like the Pittman and Stewart signing. Run defenders are important, it's not a flashy position and isn't stat heavy where you can see someones worth in stat numbers. So when it comes to podcasters, I think they really undervalue the position. The Pittman take was just bad, keeping him on the franchise tag makes it nearly impossible to resign him the following year without him reaching free agency and most likely getting a way larger contract elsewhere.

Yeah I get that take, I just feel he's too much WR who plays TE, that combined with his lack of participation in the combine and then being out due to injury at his pro day. I have an uneasy feeling that he's trying to hide deficiencies like Bryce Young last year, but that's the paranoia in me lol

Edgerrin Cooper in the 2nd round, I'll continue to pound the table for him lol

To me that's not a tough choice but I really like our TE group and not a Bowers fan. I would like to see Woods get a shot this year with Ogletree, Granson, and MAC as depth.

Theres a lot of unknown factor with our team and as far as probability goes CBs don't move the needle, I bet if you look at the vegas line for the Titans it didn't move with the Sneed trade. Yes the probability is low of a SB run, but its not impossible. It's all perspective aka "glass half full or glass half empty." Honestly this team has great depth, while I personally would like a new WR. Pierce is a good Deep threat that was underutilized, and while it would nice to have a new CB, Flowers, and Jones competing for the other starting CB spot isn't terrible. Although before everyone freaks out, it's still free agency with good secondary players available and the draft has great options, so this isn't the final roster that will be playing on Sunday in september

I was thinking the same thing, it makes me believe that a trade back is very possible. A couple very good players will probably drop to us at 15 and their are several teams in the low 20s that have very big needs (us included). I could see the Eagles, Steelers, Dolphins or Cowboys wanting to trade up to get a CB, DT, or Bowers, which could give us an extra 2nd/3rd and the maneuverability to be in position to get Worthy or Mitchell. I think we have alot of flexibility in this draft, because I really like the depth on our team.

Its funny that you are talking about assumptions because you are assuming we will be worse next year. Yes AR may be worse than Minshew although from what we saw last year I doubt it, and yes we may win less but we also may win more than last year and we could even make the super bowl. We just don't know because it hasn't happened, so at this point its just point of view. Heck I mean I could see AR winning MVP next year, because the voters tend to like to vote for dual threat QBs that have a strong arm. It's all just guessing right now.