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lester

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  1. The last two seasons worth of leadership moves could be as simple as a desire by the regime for consistency. Anyone here ever try to fix a business that was under-performing? You don't cut the whole thing to pieces all at once. That is counter productive. The leaders knew which of the big things they wanted to tackle last year. Now they have new challenges to solve for this year. Solve those, then decide if another change makes the machine work better. There are posters who may disagree with what I am trying to describe. I know from my career in business that doing it all at once makes the process seem faster (action!) but does not mean the changes are necessarily the right changes; and speed does not ensure the change is in the right direction. Ever notice how some teams blow it all up every couple years? Again and again? That is what I am describing.
  2. I feel very confident that the Colts have their eye on someone. They are sitting on that extra for a reason. It will get spent.
  3. Where; and how (I dare ask) did we come by that very good coach and the potential stud of a QB?
  4. That won't be a surprise. I believe that is and has been the plan along. They will choose young playmakers to pair with Richardson. -- and -- I don't think Ballard is done with Free Agency either. I predict that we will have a complete defense before going into the draft. He is sitting on about ~$20m in cap space for a reason.
  5. We don't know that. We only know the other teams have signed more players and more 'popular' players than we, the Colts, have. We cannot know, nobody can know, if they are now better teams for it. That is Chris Ballard's point. It is a point he has made consistently. It is a core team building belief that he is very open about. That is: Adding a bunch of really good players, some in and some just past their primes, for more money than their existing team was willing to pay them; does not make them a sure thing (and he adds, they are usually not worth it). The teams who win Free Agency are almost never the teams that win the post season. Chris Ballard believes and Bill Polian believed (so that makes me have faith that Jim Irsay also believes) that true, sustainable, repeatable, predictable, and long term success only comes from adding in the draft and coaching them well. Then reward them and keep them. I think he will add a piece or two yet, but he is not going to (now or ever) build this team with famous players from other teams.
  6. Let's play a game. Who said this: “Free agency in and of itself is an overpayment situation. That said, if your own players are quality players and you believe they can help you win then it’s better off to pay them because they’re as good or better as you can find in the market and you know them better than you know a player from another team. You’re paying a premium, but you put it into a player you know and believe in. He has no adjustments coming into your system. It’s pretty seamless. When you have good players, when you’ve drafted well, it follows that the more you can keep the better off you are. That’s the right way to go rather than trying to get someone else’s players.“
  7. This is me. I kinda prefer the strategy of team building more than the games themselves. Of course I watch them all and enjoy watching them; but I pay special attention to the intricacies of the NFL as an organization (specifically, the Colts) far more than the action. Maybe its just me applying the lessons from my MBA for good instead of evil. I take pleasure in understanding the personnel moves, why the moves were made, the consequences of moves that were missed, and how those moves will impact the product on Sundays. It is truly what makes the NFL the most fascinating sports franchise of them all.
  8. In that case, here is a pic of one or your birds. #SmallWorld
  9. "When I tweeted I was told the two sides were progressing towards a contract being done. They hit a bump, and if they can't get over it that's the reason the deal doesn't happen. I still think they find a way but it's a waiting game right now. The NFL offseason is wild, things can change in a blink of an eye, which tells you how confident I was yesterday to put that out at all."
  10. We will know they moved on when you see other moves being made.
  11. I was deployed to Soto Cano a little before that time; in 1992 and again in 1993. I suspect you liked to park there sometimes?
  12. I can't help it. I'm a generous guy. You should just see the little faces on my kids at Christmas time.
  13. What I'm witnessing Ballard do, right before our eyes, is use Free Agency to make the defense 'work'. Look at his signings and re-signings; except for Pittman (and Flacco), all of the signings and media linked targets are defenders. He isn't breaking the bank for any of them. All of the effort has been, at least it appears to me, to make the defense adequate for the next 3 years. That frees up the draft to put foundational pieces around Anthony Richardson. This way, 2 years from now, you still have a functioning defense; but also mature offensive playmakers who are working with a young, vet QB (still on his rookie contract, at that). Ballard IS in fact doing what many of the posters are clamoring for, he's just doing it in a way that won't require him to blow it all up in 3 years because it became unaffordable. If it takes an extra year or two from now to build cautiously, but lasts for a decade; isn't that a good thing? Maybe he fails. Maybe he's a genius. But what he is doing is obvious if you pay attention to what he says.
  14. I always expected (hoped for) Sam to become a viable option as a backup quarterback. I don't think the Colts think he is or will be. I predict we will have a rookie QB3 in 2024.
  15. We bought 10 acres just west of Hendricks County a few years ago. My oldest son had 2700 kids in his school in Indy. Only 400 here. We are never moving…
  16. My opinion: Ballard is doing what he can to keep the defense serviceable but affordable so he can draft foundational pieces on offense. He's not focusing on defense, he just wants it to work so the team can build around Anthony Richardson this year. It makes sense to me.
  17. I am operating under the belief that the consensus to trot out the veteran QBs was maybe not the course favored by Chris Ballard. If I’m reading the tea leaves correctly, Chris Ballard was part of a triumvirate that made those choices and he was not as warm on the idea as others in the consensus group. Maybe, probably, this is why he is still the GM.
  18. My opinion is we can expect free agent acquisitions for the defense this year. The draft will be used to add young foundational pieces for Anthony Richardson's offense. With that said, I would not be surprised (and would not criticize) a 3rd or 4th round Defensive Tackle that has all the ingredients but maybe needs a year or two of Pro coaching to become a stud (just like Grover in 2017). That seems like wise roster management to me.
  19. I'll play. $92m/4 years. $55.2 million guaranteed.
  20. Not that I would know much about tanks since I walked everywhere (well, sometimes they let us sit in a field for two days waiting for a flying machine, but that is not germane to this reply); I do know that Abrams is a thirsty girl. LOL
  21. This. I agree with this. I don't believe Michael Pittman wants to go anywhere. He's just telling that market that he's not offering the hometown discount. He has value. He knows he has value. He wants us all to know that he knows he has value.
  22. This. It’s not even about professionalism. If I’m playing music on shift, I can’t hear and understand the radio. I. Love. Music. But I never play music on shift.
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