Jump to content
Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts Fan Forum

jonjon

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    959

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by jonjon

    Ballard FA Grievances Thread (Merge)

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Jackie Daytona said:

    I assume all the posts already pointed out he has done nothing until his lucky return. Today.  

     

    Also, dude wanted traded.  What else was there to do?  The guy we got in return has 200x the production Hines did for Buffalo.

    Really? How many kickoff returns for TDs has Moss had? 

     

    Hines was laughably misused here. His contract was a SNAFU, I get that, but I'd rather him over Moss easily. To each their own. 

    Ballard FA Grievances Thread (Merge)

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ColtJax said:

     My issue with Ballard is, he seems to always be discount shopping.

    Exactly. Ballard acts like he's managing a 401K. Again I'm not suggesting he go crazy and put us in cap hell, but he goes too far the other way. God forbid he "overpay" for someone (in his mind), even if it's a huge upgrade and desperately needed. He'd rather stick with guys who have been backups and bit players for a reason. If you're going to do that, why even bother with Ryan? It just doesn't make sense.  And there were guys who could have really upgraded us that didn't cost a ton. Schuster is making what $3-4M a year? He would have been a nice addition. etc.

     

    Anyway, we will see. A lot of good comments here even though I don't agree with all of them. I wonder if Harrison is still in good shape.  ;-) 

    • Like 1

    Ballard FA Grievances Thread (Merge)

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    4 hours ago, John Hammonds said:

    Colts Fans:  If Ballard doesn't address the pass rush, I'm gonna lose it!

    Ballard trades for Ngakue

    Colts Fans: If Ballard doesn't address the quarterback, I'm gonna lose it!

    Ballard acquires Ryan

    Colts Fans:  If Ballard doesn't add a wide receiver, I'm gonna lose it!

     

    Let the man work.  We can complain about the team he's built after he's built it.

    Where's the fun in that  ;-)

     

    I never complained about the pass rush or the QB situation. In fact, while I thought it was a highly risky if not flat out dumb move going in, I applauded cutting his losses with Wentz this year and would have been fine taking our lumps this year with Sam E or whoever and aiming for the QB of the future next year.  

     

    But as I've said before, acquiring Ryan now - a talented but aging QB - shifts us from a potential rebuild to win-now mode. That means surrounding top talent like Ryan and Taylor with as much supporting cast as you can. Ballard doesn't appear to be even trying to do that. He seems convinced he has all the talent he needs on offense, which is laughable. We are IMO as we stand now a borderline wild card-level team, but not SB caliber. We can address some needs in the draft, but drafting 2d-tier (or less) WRs or OL doesn't bode well to get us to the next level. 

     

     

    • Like 4

    Ballard FA Grievances Thread (Merge)

    in Colts Football

    Posted

    21 hours ago, shasta519 said:

    Wentz for an older Matt Ryan, who hasn’t really been a better QB than Wentz the past few years

    You can't be serious? Ryan has played well despite diddly poo to work with. Their WRs look worse than ours. He's lost Jones, Ridley, all he really has is PItts. Worthless RBs and not exactly an elite OL. 

     

    I think the Ryan move was great, and lucky for us. But Ballard doesn't appear to be making ANY effort to upgrade in key places like WR, OL, TE (I could go on). Getting Ryan is a "win now" move but he isn't acting like it.

     

    He's made some great moves of us while he's been here but also some serious whiffs. I'm seriously questioning if we still should have him as GM. 

    • Like 5
    • Thanks 1
×
×
  • Create New...