Zoltan
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2 hours ago, Indeee said:
Why is everyone on here always afraid of or not wanting to pay talented players. This is also absurd and this argument is getting old
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.
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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.
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32 minutes ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:
What has worked out especially?
Saving cap space and being green in cap room?
That statement looks like most of his free agent signings - big or small - has worked out.
Or as if such signings has made this a strong team... There are numerous holes either in starters or depth, and his one FA signing is for a depth piece that came to be important last year when Stewart missed games - so, that's a pretty reactionary FA move by Ballard, he made this move because team struggled without depth, after it happened. Like how he went out paying for Matt Gay, after the team had kicker troubles the previous year.
Great GMs who build great teams take proactive measures, and are being able to take steps to fill gaps with foresight, and those GMs who take reactive steps will keep making steps as a reaction after another hole opens up in the roster.
Ballard is making very much reactive measures, and restricts himself from making moves by having lot of constraints in his method.
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.
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My guess certain Colts media will be out for blood, there’s been a lot of articles written emotionally lately.
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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.
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Just now, stitches said:
I was ballparking it 10.5+7.5(Davis), Taven Bryan(3.5M... that's what we paid him last year... haven't seen the new number), Franklin(10M)...
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.
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7 minutes ago, stitches said:
Run defense is important. It's not important enough to spend 35M on it this off-season while almost entirely neglecting the pass-defense part.
On Pittman, I agree with you kind of(meaning, I don't mind that contract)... but I also see their point. When it comes to highly paid receivers... paying 23M to a possession receiver, who again IMO fits the "boring" label, is probably more than most teams would spend.
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.
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Just now, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Run defenders are important. But they are paying Buckner then want and paid David after paying Stewart. None of that makes sense. A NT is not going to win you a SB.
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
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11 minutes ago, stitches said:
Ben Solak and Sheil Kapadia absolutely nail the Colts and Ballard(starts at about 1:00:20):
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.
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4 minutes ago, Solid84 said:
That’s fair. I think Bowers over the last 3 years is probably the biggest playmaker in the college football. At least top 3. I don’t care if he’s undersized, this guy makes stuff happen. I’d have a hard time passing on him even if a guy like Odunze was available too.
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
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1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:
Two points jump out at me…. No DL or OL in the first three picks. I know Ballard did it in 2020 when he went Pitt, Taylor and Blackmon, so I recognize there is precedent. But it’s hard for me to believe there won’t be pass rush in R1 or 2 and that we wouldn’t have a WR in R’s 1 or 2. This is more hunch than I’m confident I’m right, I’m not.
Im also very curious if Ballard might go linebacker on Day 2 to try and find a Shaq Leonard 2.0? That might blow up lots of predictions.
Some years I’m very confident about what we’ll do (by position, not the player) but this is NOT one of those years. This year feels like 2019 when I was repeatedly surprised.
Edgerrin Cooper in the 2nd round, I'll continue to pound the table for him lol
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3 minutes ago, Solid84 said:
I agree. I could see us trading back, but I also think Ballard could end up with having to make a tough choice. Example: Trade back or pick Bowers if available.
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.
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7 minutes ago, Yoshinator said:
I'm saying the only fact we know is that we won 9 games last year with Minshew as the starting QB (Richardson technically was credited with 2 wins, but he didn't finish the games). Anything with AR is assumption right now. Again, it doesn't help when you don't improve the team and just throw Richardson in there with a bad secondary.
The odds of making the SB are very low. You have to look at possibility Vs probability. It's possible we make the SB or win it. It's also possible I can hit a jackpot on a slot machine. The probability is very low, and that probability stays low when we don't trade for guys like Sneed when getting the chance to do so. Realistically, we are probably the 8th-10th best team in the AFC. Right on the outside of playoff contention. Probably the 2nd-3rd best team in the division. That's not good enough. It's an insult to AR that Ballard says he's the best player in the draft last year, and won't build an elite team around him. Get Sneed, and maybe AR won't have to score 30 points a game to win.
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
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7 hours ago, Solid84 said:
I think it’s interesting they’ve been scouting Worthy and Mitchell hard. Neither of those guys are worth the 15th overall in my opinion. Precaution if they trade back? Trade up target from the 2nd round?
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.
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52 minutes ago, Yoshinator said:
We don't know this though. AR may be worse than Minshew win-wise. So may Flacco. We may not get 9 wins with either of them without upgrading the team. That is an assumption. AR is still a raw rookie by all accounts, and Flacco was on a much better Browns team last year and is a year older now.
Yes, we have the draft. So does every other team though. We also only have a middle-of-the-road pick and only 7 picks as of now. Ballard is a solid drafter, but we have no significant advantage right now except maybe position need fits the draft. Our division is better. The AFC is the tougher conference. We did nothing to get better as of now.
37 minutes ago, Yoshinator said:We won 9 games with Gardner Minshew at QB. That's not an assumption, that's a fact. Assuming we will be better with Richardson is an assumption as of now until proven otherwise.
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.
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7 hours ago, Solid84 said:
A little disappointed we didn’t get Sneed, but much more disappointed we haven’t done anything for the secondary at all.
If we end up in the same area in points allowed (28th) for a 3rd year in a row it’s not about “playing young guys” - it’s negligence.
I mean I expect our defense to be bad regardless of our talent because it's still Bradley calling plays.
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7 hours ago, Solid84 said:
They were 18th against the run?
They held McCaffrey to 3.64 yards per carry when in the regular season he was averaging 5.36 yards per carry. The 49ers offense ran through McCaffrey and they took him away as much as you really can, their ability to stop the run won them that super bowl because 49ers weren't able to sustain their run game to run out the clock.
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3 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Ballard irs my fault I didn’t give Bradley more. Then proceeds to double down on why it went bad lol
Since when has a run defender won a SB?
Literally the chiefs run defense this year
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46 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
You don’t need to play that much. Then sign Davis to be the starter and let Stewart go. You can’t pay everyone. Roster building has to start with paying for premium positions. Ballards roster building is flawed.
So you would have a less talented run defender with no depth?
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I think a lot of people are overvaluing Sneed’s actual ability, I mean he isn’t even top 10
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1 minute ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
This is about colts not really what titans have done. They don’t have one proven QB. Their second rounder has injury issues going back to college. The other one coming off an Achilles and was undrafted. Another 7th rounder. This is a premium position. Then add no safeties.
Then we head into the draft with probably adding another rookie to the mix. It’s a recipe for disaster.
If you’re going to pay a backup nose tackle that much save your ten million and let Grover go. There is no reason to have both. Ballards roster construction is so bad.
Yes we do need depth at nose tackle do you remember how bad the run defense became with Stewart out.
There’s plenty of talent left in FA and if they do go CB in the first then it doesn’t make sense to pay big money for a FA. Safety is an issue but remember week 1 is far off and there’s plenty of time to improve. This team has very good depth, they just need a player here and there.
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7 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
19 million is not bad. The guarantees are ridiculous. I am so tired of being a colt fan. It’s embarrassing. Meanwhile we are probably going to have Brent’s who can’t stay healthy. A undrafted guy with an Achilles. A 7th round draft pick and a rookie. It’s trash
Try to relax with these refreshing gifs
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21 minutes ago, JediXMan said:
Wow.
Came here to see the meltdown lol
I’m curious what the contract will look like.
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5 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:
It doesn't matter if not even 1 person would say Colts are contenders...
But, if that's not the goal, what is?
And, when would that happen? Is there any indication that Colts are going forward on right track to get there?
Yes, Houston isn't a contender either but they got on right track already in very few years from a dumpster fire.
Do you get the point? Not 20 teams can be a contender, but only few of those 20 get in right track, and many just stay around the average all the time... And, Colts - apart from having hope in QB situation now - are just average in many other position groups in the roster.
I would disagree with @2006Coltsbestever, we can be contenders and maybe even reach the Super Bowl. We could also be the worst team in the league, that's just the range of play when you have a young unproven QB like ours. The fact is Anthony Richardson will either make us great or not because it's a QB driven league, the chiefs probably don't even make the playoffs if mahomes is replaced with an average QB. As a Vikings fan you are kind of in the same boat with Cousins gone and looking at a rookie QB or Darnold.
As for are we on the right track absolutely, we had a top 10 scoring offense with a backup QB, and if we can improve our deep pass with AR than it could even better next year. The biggest question-mark is defense, but we still have plenty of time of making improvements through FA and the draft and even then they don't have to be top 10, just top 20.
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Colts offseason discussion / Ballard Grievances (merge)
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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.