DougDew

I read a tweet that said with a lot of Gs off the market now, the market for Chris Reed is heating up. Probably Reed's agent LOL. But it would be kind of telling if Ballard signs Mo Alie Cox but loses out on both Glow and Reed. And if Pinter and Fries are such good picks in the 6th round...why was it smart to take a G with the 6th pick? Lots of stuff going on that seems a bit baffling and contradictory at the moment, but maybe it will get straigthened out.

Valid question. A bit early. More germaine after more time passes, but still a valid question since he could have already "signed" them. Maybe today.

Doesn't matter. He's going to have to rely on this free agency to fill a lot of holes in important starting positions...or a lot of rookies. Most other teams have less money because they have fewer holes. Just asking what evidence suggests that a GM who went 9-8 last year, two playoff appearances, and is still left with a team with huge holes in its roster evidence that he is in the top 10 of smart GMs?

I tend to agree, if JG is the Qb he wants. Why is Ballard smart to haggle over a 2nd or 3rd or 4th round pick? Why isn't it smarter to go get JG for a second and next year's 3rd, if that's who he wants?

Just asking. Do you think that is a winning strategy? To rely upon getting a WR, QB, and LT in the second wave of free agency in any random year? What do you save the draft for, to select Gs , ILBs, Xs, and RBs with high capital. I'm asking, do you think that is a winning/planned strategy, or does it seem like a guy who might be outmatched and has to play catch-up?

To the Ballard supporters (and I consider myself an objectivist, I look at each deal/decision as they are made.) How do you know that Ballard knows what he's doing., that he isn't a middle of the road GM kind of flailing around? Why is it that when Ballard is bidding on a player, and the player chooses the other team, why then does it become the other GM being dopey because he spent too much money? Why don't you say that Ballard got outmatched, outwitted by the other GM? Why is Ballard the litmus test for what other GMs should pay? Do you know why the Colts have $70m...more than other teams? Its because we have fewer players on the roster right now. We don't have a QB more competent than a second year 6th round pick. We have one competent WR. Before MAC, we had a second year 4th round TE. We still don't have a #1 TE. We have no LT. We have no team, that's why we have so much money. Why is that evidence to you that Ballard knows what he's doing? What tells you that he is smarter than player agents, or other GMs?

My only concern with the first day is that there was a tweet saying that the G market is now thin so the market for Chris Reed is heating up. SInce we lost Glow, I hope we do not lose Reed.

Why, did he sign Landry to play Z?

At this point Landry is not a speed guy. He's an X, and we already have three of them.

As teams sign players to big contracts, it doesn't necessarily raise the price of other free agents. Teams are using up their cap space pretty quickly. In the ensuing days, the market will show less and less total aggregate cap space throughout the NFL compared to the number of free agents available. At some point the market turns where players are racing to compete with other players to get as much available cap space as is left in the NFL, and that's when reasonable deals start happening.

Wonder if the Colts will be able to resign Chris Reed.

Good signing for the bungls. They are becoming my second favorite team, and a team to follow and root for.

Our 70 mil looks like a lot, but its created by not having very many expensive players under contract. Hardly any spots on offense are even filled.

Or SF telling potential suitors that they are willing to wait. Meaning, JGs price goes up if you wait us out to trade for him, because if you do, JG will be your only option by then.

I would say that Payton is one of the more "on-script" play callers and HCs, and Watson is one of the more non-scripted and improvising QBs. Seems like oil and water to me, but you never know.