NewColtsFan

Im confused. Are you saying SoFi would become the new permanent home of the combine? To replace Indy? I haven’t read that anywhere. What about the idea that it’s going to rotate locations like the draft so the NFL can monetize it? Or am I misunderstanding you?

OK, loved one of your other posts, but this one is a head scratcher to me. Since when isn’t JFK a world class airport? Is that your opinion or is there some bad ranking I’m unaware of? Because, even if you think JFK isn’t, La Guardia is 15 minutes away and while it’s clearly not world class, it’s good and close. So two major airports are nearby…. Then, there’s Newark, which is 30 minutes away, tops. So you have three major airports within 30 minutes of each other. From Los Angeles, I can fly to any of them. That said, your argument for Indy is spot on. It’s the perfect city in the perfect spot. The 32 teams want it kept right there.

For the record, Cousins was drafted in the 4thR. As for no kne being very excited, that’s a speak for yourself comment. I found this year to be one of the most enjoyable of my Colts years. Honestly.

You make a good argument, and that’s all I ever ask. This is a very good argument. So then it comes down to whether Ballard and Steichen value Pitt enough to tag him, and do what you suggest the next year? Thanks again.

I completely disagree… And I am not saying put the eggs in one basket. I’m saying have a veteran quarterback to play if AR gets hurt. Whether it’s Minshew or someone else, a vet will be ready to play and win. A rookie rarely is. And that rookie that you drafted will either not get many snaps of practice while AR is healthy, so that will slow his development. And in the meantime, the opportunity to draft an explosive playmaker on either side of the ball has vanished. Sorry, I don’t find this convincing. .

The same reason they move the draft every year now. Money. It’s pretty shameless. I have Sirius XM radio in my car, and all the NFL people say the same thing…. Teams don’t want the location to change. They think Indy is perfect for the combine. They don’t think other cities will do nearly as well. Not even close. But the NFL monetizes everything. It’s sad.

It’s new in that it’s official. But my understanding is that this was always the intention. The NFL wants reps from other cities to come to Indy to see how they do it. Give them a better idea of what will be involved if they decide to bid….

It’s not that I keep receipts. It’s that Doug’s viewpoints are unique and memorable. He also objects to being held accountable.

If you’re saying Steichen is a better HC than Frank I completely agree. And I’ve been saying that for some time. But if you’re blaming the 8 suspensions this year on Frank last year then you lost me. Or did I misunderstand your meaning?

You could? I think we gave Gay a 4-year contract and Gay slumped when he was hurt but kicked anyway. But go ahead, try making an argument….

Go ahead. Try making the case for drafting another QB the year after drafting Anthony Richardson. This quarterback would not play his whole first year. And if AR has a good 2024, thus QB wouldn’t play in 25 unless AR gets hurt. But that’s what a veteran backup is for. So what’s the case? I’d like to read this….

Yes, I used to offer links all the time. My desk top died and for now, I only post by phone and don’t know how to link. To your second comment, I answered it. I don’t know and I don’t care. The Carolina situation is not reflective of his years with the Colts,

Thanks. You’re the third person in the thread to point that out.

Doug…. You continue to tell half truths and pretend that it’s the whole truth. You have no idea — none — what any other team thought about Jelani Woods. Just as Ballard decided between Pierce and Woods, you have no idea if any other did the same. And you have no idea if any other team would’ve taken Woods at 74, 75, 76 or any other number. Your comments are complete speculation with zero to back it up. And the proof has been backed up for years. You have a 6-year documented history of framing most every Ballard decision as bad or wrong. 2018 thru 2023. As for Raimann, Ballard correctly decided that Raimann would last to 77 because he was then 24 years old and would be 25 when the season started. And now you call him a “good” player. Mighty begrudging of you. But you continue to show your cards by calling Ballard lucky. You never give him credit, you always find a way to frame things in the negative. If I call your Ballard views dishonest, I think it’s an understatement. Six years of bad arguments is all the proof anyone would need.

As a Frank supporter, it was clear he was going to get fired at some point. My only objection was the timing, after a disastrous game vs NE. That whole week leading up, there were about a half dozen posters who predicted the Colts were going to get crushed. That Belichick had spent 40 years making the lives of young QBs like Sam a living Hell. It wasn’t hard to see that coming. So I thought Frank should’ve been fired sometime later in the season. At his introductory press conference in Carolina Frank said he wasn’t the least bit surprised that he got fired. That during that week Ballard and Irsay told him to start Sam, so it wasn’t his decision. Frank told the Carolina media “when they take away your ability to decide who to start (he wanted Ryan) then the next step is…. You’re fired.” I think firing Frank when they did, and the outcome was easily predictable, was a bad look for the Colts franchise.

I don’t know, and I don’t care. But it’s not hard to notice you didn’t offer any link of a story saying Frank lost the Colts locker room. You just gave a snarky answer.

How dishonest can you be? Here you are trashing Woods and it seems you’re unaware that he didn’t play this year. At all. Not playing has a tendency to hold down production. But you either don’t know Woods didn’t play or made a bogus argument. Which is it? Woods spent his first three years at Okla State where he was the primary blocking tight end. He transferred to Virginia where he became the primary receiving tight end, but UVA didn’t pass all that much so Woods didn’t have great stats. Then you launch into yet another veiled attack on Ballard, where you imply that CB misevaluated Woods because he considered taking him at 53, but the other GMs left him until pick 74. It doesn’t even occur to you that Ballard ALSO left Woods until 74, and that’s where he took him. So instead of giving Ballard credit for getting the players he wanted you write it as a Ballard error in judgement. This is the same thinking as when you once said that Raimann can’t be that good because Ballard drafted him AFTER Woods. How does that one look with hindsight? Sorry Doug…. But you don’t hide your contempt for Ballard very well. And I’d be fine with that if you would simply be honest. But the last time I said this you responded with…. What? Me? Not like Ballard?!? Noooo! And yet here we are again.

Grover and Moore. I love Moss, but I think he’s going to get the Wally Pipp treatment. I think Moss will play (start?) for some other team next year.

Doug…. It was a loaded question. It was designed to infer an obvious right answer and an obvious wrong answer, and that Ballard picks the wrong answer. Hence the loaded question aspect. It’s simple and superficial. Check out @Superman analysis of RAS and how it factors in the draft process. I think that’s a far more reasonable and nuanced viewpoint.

Fine. I think with the 15th pick, Ballard will trade back. Maybe multiple times. Happy?

In R1, yes…. But then he traded down in the second round — twice. Then he traded down in the 5th round, I think it was 4 times. And he might have traded down one other time in the 6th or 7th round. This is what I’m thinking will happen again. Trading down multiple times in multiple rounds.

Huh? Sirrianni has been there three years. Steichen was his OC the first two years. This year was the first year that Sirianni has not been with Steichen.

Giving a new second contract with one year left in the rookie contract is standard procedure throughout the NFL. All 32 teams do it. You do it for Rookies who have outperformed their rookie contract and are dramatically underpaid. The Colts did it Luck and Hilton. They did it with Q and Leonard and Smith and Hines. All teams do it with their top players.