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2 hours ago, Lucky Colts Fan said:
Are we, as Colts fans, overvaluing or undervaluing Jacoby Brissett?
It probably depends on how you look at our backup QB. If you are looking at him compared to other backup QBs around the league, you are probably undervaluing him. I could make the argument that he is the most valuable backup in the NFL. And I think Ballard agrees.
However, if you're looking at Jacoby as trade-bait, you might be overvaluing him. A team trading for Jacoby would want him to be their starter. Granted, this article is written by David Carr for NFL.com, so take it with a grain of salt, but he has at least 10 other QBs ranked ahead of Brissett for other teams to consider drafting, signing as a FA, or trading for.
I expected to see Brissett on that list. When I didn't, I wondered if I'm overvaluing our backup by viewing him through my blue-colored glasses...
And I think the draft-stock of the QB prospects will only increase leading up to the draft. I just don't see a team offering Ballard enough to part ways with Jacoby at this point.
Odd article. What are those QBs worth pursuing for? Starters? Back ups? I understand why some teams would try to draft a QB, I am less sure why teams would pursue some of those veteran QBs over J.B. Assuming that they are looking for a starting QB and the costs are similar.
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2 hours ago, ThorstenDenmark said:
How many championships have the cubs and pacers won ?
I like the two drafts Ballard have made, but honestly, I want a couple of players on offense, that have some attitude.
Call them what you want, but I want Edelman, Gronk, Brady attitude players on offense.
Yes they are all great players, but they have edge and attitude.
Luck don't seem to have that killer mentality like Brady, Ebron is to nice and TY is mommasboy.
Where is the fire that fuel the rest of the offense?
Ballard draft great players, but I want him to draft or trade og sign some bad boys with attitude in freeagency, like those I mentioned. Without them, we dont win anything
Remember... Nice guys always finish last
The bolded is all ignorant tripe.
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1 minute ago, DougDew said:
I don't know, maybe none. Instead of getting sloppy over who we got maybe we should have gotten sad over what we couldn't get, considering a Healthy Luck's winning record would push us out of the draft positional window we enjoyed.
But that's where the other guy's premise was taking it.
My premise is that we can get the three down 3dlineman at 26 or 34 this year, so all is well.
To the bolded, then your point is moot.
Why should anyone get sad over what the Colts couldn't get vs. what they did get?
The odds that the Colts get a Sapp-Like DT at pick 26 or 34 are very low.
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21 minutes ago, DougDew said:
I'm just thinking that you can't have a Dline consisting of nothing but rotational one-trick ponies. When the pass rushers are in, Brady will run the ball. When the fat guys are in, Brady will pass it.
You need at least one Dlineman who has to be accounted for in both aspects of the game on all three downs.
Hmmmm, maybe we should have tried to get that important piece of the 43 zone when we were picking 6 and 15 instead getting all sloppy over a G and a one-trick FS.
Who were the Sapp-like DTs that were available when the Colts picked in 2018 and 2017?
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53 minutes ago, SouthernIndianaNDFan said:
That's just it, apparently Elway isn't intrigued by any of this years guys, or they would have been in pretty decent position to land one of the 4 that are slotted to go in the 1st this year. On a side note, Elway hasn't exactly nailed the QB thing, in fact, he's struck out swinging. He has to start hitting, or he may be on his way out.
I wasn't so much saying that he was interested in any of this years QBs coming out of college, more that waiting for next years draft would be a gamble too, unless they are near the top of the draft. He could draft a QB this year to develop. However, I agree with you his track record on acquiring a good QB has been really poor outside of what Peyton did for them.
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22 minutes ago, SouthernIndianaNDFan said:
Apparently Elway wasn't thrilled with the prospects in this years draft, so they wanted to entertain a cheaper (than Nick Foles) option, as a sort of stop-gap, until next years draft.
I would've just signed Foles as the long term option, kid can sling it.
They could still draft a QB this year and use Flacco as the bridge QB. If they want to wait until next year they would have to be near the top of the draft in order to get one of the better college QBs coming out. Even then there is no guarantee.
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13 minutes ago, Defjamz26 said:
Ballard has never drafted anyone with character concerns. People try and use Marcus Peters and Tyreek Hill as examples all the time, but he didn’t draft them. The Chiefs GM (I believe it was Dorsey at the time) drafted those players. Ballard scouted them and vetted their past, but he wasn’t the decision maker. As the Colts GM he hasn’t drafted anyone with legitimate character concerns. Cain had a suspension in college but also fell because of on the field concerns.
This whole thing about Ballard having a history with troubled players is just as exaggerated as the talk about how he never drafted a WR in the 1st in his career.
Out of curiosity, what on the field concerns did Cain have?
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2 hours ago, DownHillRunner said:
I say no thanks. We don’t need short term solutions for a pass rusher. This team, this franchise, this fan base hasn’t seen elite pass rushers since Freeney and Mathis. It’s been so long this organization, team and fans deserve a player who can get after the Quarterback.
The Colts need solutions for a pass rush, whether they are short term, medium term or long term.
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13 hours ago, coltsnation said:
My god Jaylon Ferguson is overrated
12 hours ago, WarGhost21 said:Agreed. He’s a decent rotational piece but that’s about it IMO
12 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:Agreed x2. No athleticism, can’t bend, low level of competition, bad Senior Bowl week, etc...
10 hours ago, SouthernIndianaNDFan said:If we draft Jaylon Ferguson with the 1st Rounder I may quit "footballing"
Now, somewhere like the 3rd, where it would be a decent value...yeah.
I'm not saying that you 4 are wrong, but there are several mocks that have him going in the first round.
I have not seen him play at all, so I really don't have an opinion one way or the other.
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6 minutes ago, cbear said:
Nelson.
Leonard.
Smith.
Turay (surprising).
Good to see the recognition.
They have a couple of curious picks in that re-draft.
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24 minutes ago, lester said:
Yes. He is just another old dude who counts the production of pin heads.
Oh, wait, speaking of pin heads, I meant to type Alex Smith. Whoops.
That's what I thought. I was just having a little fun.
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1 hour ago, lester said:
One word: Belichick
Brady is not the GOAT, Bill Belichick is. Without Belichick, Brady is Adam Smith.
Without Belichick, Brady is a laissez-faire economist?
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3 hours ago, LJpalmbeacher2 said:
Can this be a issue down the road?
It depends on how much they are bulging, but yes it can be an issue the more he plays.
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5 minutes ago, shastamasta said:
In that recent interview he talks about having 2 WRs and a TE. He wants a WR that can take over if Hilton is being double-teamed. Specifically mentions KC as an example...because they have Hill, Kelce and Watkins (who they just signed to a big contract).
Then he was asked about Cain..and all but says we aren't going to be relying on him to be that guy next season.
So I think we need to put the bed the idea that WR isn't a need and that Cain is all we need...because it sounds like Ballard has different ideas and is looking to invest in the position.
Minor difference, but I thought Ballard said that they think Cain can be the WR that can beat one on one match-ups when TY is being doubled. However, Cain has not played and is coming off a knee injury.
12 minutes ago, buccolts said:Opinions, and speculation, are grand, but I appreciate real news SOOOO much more.
Where do you get "real" news?
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1 hour ago, aavmarine said:
Lol. Even with the most money in the league to spend this off season, a lot of you guys don't want the Colts to go out and pick up players in need. Even when they are some of the best at their positions, you still refuse. And you wonder why the Colts have only been to 2 SB's in the last 20 years.
4 minutes ago, aavmarine said:So, I guess the Rams got to the SB because they went out and signed a couple 2nd string players.
Specifically, who do you want the Colts to pick up and who did the Rams sign as a FA that made a big difference? They signed Suh in free agency, but I believe that he stated he turned down other offers because he wanted to play for the Rams.
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2 hours ago, Stephen said:
We didn't score much versus chiefs but we also didn't do a good job of shutting down their offense. So would going defense heavy or offense in the draft be better.
They need to improve on both sides of the ball. Since this seems to be a better draft on the defensive side of the ball, I could see the Colts drafting more defensive players. However, that doesn't mean they will neglect the offensive side, there are good prospects that could help the Oline and WR positions.
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1 hour ago, richard pallo said:
We will soon see how much teams value Bell's talents. My bet is on Bell getting paid. His holdout well worth it for him.
Well it only takes one team to fall in love with him, so it is possible that he gets paid. However, I doubt it will be a bidding war with multiple teams.
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4 hours ago, tweezy32 said:
Lmao stop overreacting. He hasn't done anything for you to say that. Same with brown. They are not locker room problems so I don't know why you wouldn't want them on team.
3 hours ago, SouthernIndianaNDFan said:People are overreacting. If I was a premier player, and my team kept spitting in my face (franchise tagging me) although I told them I was gonna hold my ground...guess what? I'd do the same thing, and so would practically everyone in any serious professional setting.
They both work their butts off to be among the best at what they do, and both are amazing Pro Bowl talents. If Chris Ballard and the Colts braintrust decide either are good options (unlikely) then I'm on board, because they ultimately know what is going to bring future success. As much as many of these laptop GMs (myself included) think they could run a successful franchise, they'd make Ryan Grigson look like a Hall of Famer.
I, for one, would love to have both players on this team, from a skillset standpoint. It is extremely unlikely given Ballard/Reich's general viewpoints, but you're lying to yourself if you don't think either/both would increase this team's potential exponentially.
I am not totally sure if Bell is a "locker-room" problem, but Brown definitely is. Both are super talented, the issue with Bell seems to be that teams do not value his talents as much as he does. Brown's locker-room issues are well documented and do not require much research to uncover.
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24/7 Sports has him as the 16th best sophomore in the country, a 5 star.
I am surprised that Syracuse hasn't offered him already.
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3 minutes ago, MTC said:
I am currently in class so I didn't see what happened regarding Oladipo's injury, but that is a huge bummer. Are people saying it's season ending? A friend of mine thought it was a dislocated knee cap.
It certainly looked bad. I would be surprised if it wasn't season ending.
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51 minutes ago, SteelCityColt said:
C'mon man, are you being serious? They have access to a plethora more tape than we do.
Not really these days, All 22 is readily available. What they have over us, is absolute knowledge of the play calling on their side.
I'm glad you like PFF. Great. Goodie gumdrops. I simply don't agree with their "system"
Again, my Brissett example is exactly what I'm talking about. What if he gets a TD on that hail mary pass? He'd be the best QB in the league according to PFF.
Or maybe you have a minimum snap count to ensure there is a decent enough sample to remove obvious one play outliers? Notice whose name is missing from the list of players earlier in the topic?
I'm guessing nobody has the manpower (or want) to recreate this.
This is the NFL we're talking about, and PFF is attracted some serious investment recently. If there's money in it then people will do it. You'd think you could make a serious business case of hiring ex-league scouts to grade out and offer a similar product. I think the issue is that PFF are very protective to a degree of their grading methodology precisely for that reason. Again.. if NFL teams are buying into it there is probably some merit to it.
I'm glad you like PFF. Great. Goodie gumdrops. I simply don't agree with their "system"
There's no need to get snarky, I've made it clear I'm not digging at you, but trying to open up the conversation. You don't like their system, fine, but it goes back to my original question.
You say player X is clearly better than player Y, PFF is trash. I asked you to tell me why you think that. All you've offered so far is "because I say so".
I would dispute that teams do not have access to significantly more tape and information than PFF. PFF does not have access to any practice tape, along with the plays called and the knowledge of what every player's responsibilities are for those plays among other things.
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13 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
He doesn't think Hooker it's very good. He also thinks anyone that's tall can do what Ebron did this year
I can't speak for other tall people, but as a tall person I can categorically state that I cannot do what Ebron did this year.
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10 hours ago, KelownaColtsFan said:
It's not just PFF, I dont think I noticed a single play this season where I was like wow Al Woods. Ridgeway is no world beater and he is by no means jumping off my TV screen, but when he's in the game I do seem to notice him.
The point is that the coaches that actually see the players practice on a daily basis and watch the game film believe that both Woods and Kelly are the best players to start.
I will trust the coaches over PFF and any poster on this board.
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3 hours ago, DaveA1102 said:
I have a lot of time for PFF as their podcasts do a good job of explaining grades......but Evan Boehm > Ryan Kelly?!
9 minutes ago, KelownaColtsFan said:I wonder why Ridgeway doesn't get more playing time. He seems to stand out more to me than Al Woods does.
Apparently, the Colts coaches do not agree with PFF.
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Well, Luck has been known to compliment defenders, but I don't think it was Luck that Nelson was talking to.
Then again, maybe it was, hmmmm.