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DougDew

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  1. What are you talking about? I know that if AR is the guy we will be in good shape. My point in the entire convo was that Ballard doesn't have to have AR be the guy this season, and he doesn't need to find an important piece of the puzzle right now as some were suggesting.
  2. Oh I know ours doesn't matter. I think Irsay probably gave Ballard a new timeline centered around ARs development. I don't think there is much urgency to win the division or make the playoffs this season, despite fans wishes. Ballard certainly isn't approaching the first week of FA like he feels his job is on the line if he doesn't make the playoffs. But I guess he's always approached it like that.
  3. What is the time frame Ballard has for when AR "is working out"? At the end of this coming season? I thought that we were ready to give Ballard 3 seasons to see if AR is the guy. Now that AR did not really have a rookie season, the time frame is three years from now. Which is why I don't think he's all that interested in the results of this coming season relative to the Division or Playoffs. So its no surprise to me...nor a disappointment...that we apparently are not giving up draft picks and salary cap for a cornerback right now.
  4. If we do not win the Division or don't make the playoffs, I doubt that Ballard's job will be any more in jeopardy than it was last spring. Irsay knows AR played 4 games and we have no idea if he will be any good. I think fans simply do not want to be patient again for another season.
  5. Why is this coming season important for Ballard? This time last year, everybody was patient about the coming season.......to draft a rookie QB and develop him for a couple of seasons. Then specifically in the case of AR, to see what we have in AR and to let him learn. Nobody cared about buying free agents. AR played 4 games. So how does that change anything from where we were this time last year regarding expectations?
  6. This next season? Ballrd gets judged on that? By whom? I'd think he'd be interested in doing what it takes to build a SB team within the next 4 years, not just a team that wins the Division or a Wild Card this season. I don't think that getting a Sneed and maximizing the cap gets us anywhere near the SB this coming season. Maybe the Division. Maybe. Its like everybody thinks AR is as good as Stroud already, and that Ballard should be building the Colts now as urgently as the Texans are.
  7. What makes you think that Ballard is all that interested in this upcoming season?
  8. No. Should have been discussed about 25 pages ago.
  9. Do you mean Ballard or this forum? Just asking.
  10. Sneed or the Colts probably "tested the market". So while there were/are talks about draft picks and money, nothing was very serious. How else does a player or a team test the market unless they talk to other teams about price? And KC describes that process as "no discussions" They mean not serious.
  11. AFAIK, Sneed has never siad that he would NOT play on the tag. AFAIK, KC has never said that they don't want him back, or don't want a long term contract. So, if a team (KC) and a player (Sneed), agree to let him test the market under the tag, would the situation look any differently than what it has? Two teams talk about trade compensation, and the players tests the contract market. That doesn't mean that all parties are actually negotiating a real deal. I assume that a good journalist would know how the difference between "test the market" and actual deal making.
  12. "Kansas City is just fine with keeping him". LOL. Which makes the most sense.
  13. I detect that my post a few pages back sparked some discussion, and part of it is drifting away from my point. If you have to spend draft picks AND top dollar money to get players, then that sets you back compared to other teams who can get players by EITHER draft picks OR top dollar money. And those resources tend to roll from season to season. Buckner, Sneed, and Yannick were (assuming Sneed) all acquired via trade and I believe all 3 required either new contracts or absorbing a high salary cap hit when acquired. In the case of Yannick, we had to trade RYS who was picked with #34, and then had to spend another 2nd on JuJu to replace RYS. All of the individual trades look good in the short term...but the inefficiency adds up. In Indy car, you can keep pace with the efficient teams for a while. But if your pace costs you more gas and tires over the course of the long haul, then you are going to have to make one more pit stop and will end up a lap down compared to the 10 efficient teams that are on the lead lap. If the Sneed transaction happens, great, we get a great player. If it doesn't, that's okay too.
  14. Its not poo-pooing. Its realism. The point is that KC got to the SB by finding top 5 corners using draft picks, who play on their rookie deal. That's generally how teams get there. Its like an Indy car race, the team that uses more resources than others...gas and tires....falls behind over the course of a long race eventhough they may lead 10 laps or look like they are competing. Rather than trading for Buckner and paying him top dollar at the same time, or trading for Sneed and paying him top dollar at the same time, I think we'd be more competitive if guys like Kwity Paye at pick 17 was a Top 6 EDGE in the 3rd year of his rookie deal. That's reality of how teams win, and what KC has done...and why we are trading for and signing the guy KC drafted (because they have another Corner in McDuffie who is right behind Sneed). Edit: All of this based upon if the rumors of the Sneed trade are true...which I still don't know if Ballard would do that for a Corner in this defense.
  15. But it would still fit the pattern that Ballard has to trade for (and sign to top dollar) premium defensive players that other GMs drafted. Ballard would have yet to draft a premium elite/near-elite defensive player on his own in 7 years. Not a great look when comparing to other playoff GMs. Or you could say, Ballard couldn't just give top FA money during FA period to get a premium player. He also had to give up draft picks. It would be good to have Sneed. But the Colts capital reserves seem to get drained more than they "should" to get premium players.
  16. I don't mean tap the brakes on acquiring him. I mean tap the brakes on expectations about his level of production/impact when he comes over to the Colts.....or maybe any other team for that matter. We don't have the team KC does, and the supporting players around Sneed. Probably not the coaching staff either. Sneed is bound to come back to earth a little if he comes here. And if the rumor is true that Ballard is stalling on contract, that may in fact be what he is thinking, and his numbers are based upon what he thinks Sneed will do here while Sneed wants to get paid for his production in KC.
  17. Hmmm. The thread is turning into a Sneed love-fest. Kinda odd that KC can draft 2 top 5 corners in Sneed and McDuffie while other teams can barely draft 1. Tap the brakes a bit maybe? Is it Spagnola? Is it Jones and the pass rush? Other coverage players taking some heat off? The threat of Mahomes lighting it up if KCs offense gets the ball back forcing rushed QB decisions or play calling? And now KC will get rid of him for a mid round pick even though they can retain him under their cap for another year. Do they know something that was key to Sneed's success that we don't know and don't have? Probably.
  18. But minus a starting SS, so far. Someone suggested doing a weekly recap thread to lift the signings and leavings out of this rumor mega thread, so that we could focus on the new Colts or new contracts. I'm of course too lazy to do it myself.
  19. Personally, I'm a fan of competent playoff caliber football no matter what team is playing it on Sunday...even a rival...., and the Pack always seem to have a team that plays that way, except for a year here and there. Wish I could say the same for our Colts. Colts FA season is always a yawner compared to a lot of teams. No different this year.
  20. Ok. So Frank's system did not demand big physical receivers exclusively as a philosophy. That's what I was saying earlier. And for anybody to say that is what Frank wanted is not being accurate. Not to quibble, but drafting for the system is not the same thing as letting the coach pick the player. The GM finds the player for the system and makes choices based upon other needs or considerations. Like if to choose the WR the HC/OC wants over an EDGE or an LT with a pick. Any particular pick is still the GMs call.
  21. Penix might fit well at 20. Looks like Vikes are going to trade up for a QB.
  22. The way I would describe it is that the zone corner has fewer responsibilities but must do those few things well, whereas the FS has many more responsibilities, and much more potential to be completely miffed and find himself in the wrong place or slow to get to the right place. Athletic limitations also contributing to that. With the capital needed to land Sneed that's being talked about above, I think I would still roll with our "ceiling" corners at this point and concentrate in bringing in a FS that would be ...much less wrong...than Thomas was last year. But, Gus will play man-coverage too so Sneed would certainly help there.
  23. Agreed. Mild counterpoints: I think FS is left a bit on an island more than a zone corner...but there are nuances to that. And Jones was projected by some to be as a high as a 3rd rounder, so he...on paper...could project to have much more potential than Thomas, who I don't think was even expected to be drafted
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