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Unless his plan works. Then all will be forgiven. That’s why I am just going to let things playout and cast judgement once I see how things look on the field. Not like I can do anything about it.

Not saying give him points for anything. Like I said I’ll cast judgement after everything plays out. I was just saying if you believe Holder he did try to do something different so this wasn’t the original plan. It is what it is that’s all. As for Hunter it was reported he’s from Houston and wanted to go back home. Nothing Ballard or anyone could do about that.

good luck getting anyone to tell you something again if you start naming your sources.

Danielle Hunter

@ProblChld32 that was just building on your point not disagreeing with your post.

If Holder is to be believed, and I know some here don’t and that’s fine, he reported Ballard did try to get Hunter and had interest in Sneed dating back to the combine but they lost out on Hunter and decided not to go after Sneed after he was tagged. After that happened he pivoted to a different plan which was to bring back his own that he wasn’t going to do, particularly Grover and Moore. So it sounds like Ballard did try to do something different this off-season and it didn’t work out. Will what he did work? No idea. All I can do is watch and see and react based on what I see.

I find it ironic several are complaining Ballard is gambling too much on bringing back his own and needed to get other players while also complaining that Ballard isn’t bringing back Blackmon and Ballard is clearly going to have to get a different player to replace him. I also know not all the same people are doing both.

Honestly any first round draft pick not named Andrew Luck or Ryan Kelly that Grigson made was enough to be mad but for some reason Dorsett just took the cake with me even if I miss remembered the draft with him and the draft with Rhodes. I do remember wanting Rhodes when he came out though and being disappointed that the Colts didn’t get him,

I got mad the night they took Dorsett and I still get mad when I think about it. Look at all the good players he passed on for him. I wanted Xavier Rhodes in that draft and they could have had him. No single first round draft pick upsets me as much as Phillip freaking Dorsett.

Grigson didn’t hit on another high draft pick until Ryan Kelly after Hilton. Just goes to speak about how good Andrew Luck was that those teams were as good as they were until Luck literally feel apart from carrying the team on his shoulders.

Irsay or no other pro-sports owner is strapped for cash. Look at the lifestyles they live. These guys are swimming in money Scrooge McDuck style. They like to get you to think that they are so that they have to pay for less things like the a new stadium and give them friendly tax breaks but they aren’t. These guys are super rich even the small market teams like the Colts. If you want to think they are strapped for cash go a head but we are going to agree to disagree.

Actually they can’t without some restructuring which as has been pointed out the Colts could do but don’t seem interested in it. When you account for rookies and Flacco they have something like $13 or $14 left and Sneed wants $22 million a year. That’s also just this year. The Colts will have more free agents they will want to sign next year like Buckner perhaps that may want a raise and you can’t count on another $30 million cap increase like this year.

Yes but if the average team is worth 5.1 billion dollars and the league makes almost 20 billion a year in revenue and they have revenue sharing like the NFL does even the smallest team in the NFL isn’t hard up for cash.

Oh he didn’t the other era I was referring to with the draft well and keep your we approach was Polian not Grigson. I should have been more clear.

My issue all along hasn’t been with Destin. It’s been with the random people on twitter who report something and claim they are an insider like pretty Rickey. Like I said I think Destin is a young kid trying to make it in reporting and has to start somewhere. With that said, something Holder said at the end of his interview this is his living so if he reports something he knows it knows it and can’t afford to be wrong. Destin admitted when he reported this he didn’t have the contract part of it confirmed and he broke a cardinal rule in reporting, you don’t report something unless you know all of it for sure. I hope he learns from this. Its pretty easy to tell from the Holder interview he was hearing about Sneed all the way back to the combine and that the Colts were disappointed when he was franchised tag and he wasn’t just a free agent. So he’s been hearing about this probably as long if not longer than Destin has. He didn’t report it though because he didn’t have things nailed down. worth noting Holder did not and has not taken a shot at Destin. Destin said he respected Holder and knows how hard he works. Maybe we can all learn a little something from how they treated each other in this and didn’t attack each other.

One last thing, he notes at the end this is Ballard’s MO but he understands why people are frustrated with it because it needs to start producing results.

One of the great things the NFL does is getting people to believe they aren’t rich. The league made 17 billion dollars in 2021 in revenue. The average NFL team is worth 5.1 billion dollars. These guys aren’t broke or strapped for cash. They can afford these things. For what it’s worth Holder is reporting that the Colts made the decision not to go after Sneed and then gave that money to all the guys they re-signed last week and had they gone after Sneed it would have been as the expense of some of those guys, specifically Kenny Moore and perhaps Grover Stewartt which tracks with Kenny at least being the last of the group to re-sign. Physical money wasn’t the issue. The Colts simply made a choice.

Who has the best RAS score?

Frankly the whole Grigson era turned me off of making all the bold moves people want. He would and they almost always blew up in the Colts faces. He was saved by the fact he had Andrew Luck and he was just too good to be bad. Ironically I think if Ballard had had Andrew Luck for his whole time as GM we would be looking at another golden era of Colts football and it would be have been interesting to note both came with the philosophy of build through the draft and reward your own. Oh well if ifs and buts were candy and nuts we’d all have a Merry Christmas.

Yep that’s been reported in a few places.

And cut all 53 and rebuild a new Super Bowl team in one off-season.

I’d say it’s probably closer to four years (length of Richardson’s rookie deal minus the fifth year option) especially since last year was pretty much a wash.

First of all I don’t disagree with you. However, that’s the philosophy he was taught about team building so it’s what he believes in. Again, not saying it’s right or wrong it’s just who he is. I know it’s frustrating seeing other teams make big splashes in free agency but I’ll also say normally the team that wins free agency in March doesn’t win come September. As for if Richardson gets hurt just about any team in the league is going to be in trouble if they lose their starting QB for any length of time.

Holder’s side if anyone is interested Even if you don’t like Holder this is worth listening too. Basically the Colts were really in on Hunter and got beat and decided not to go after Sneed so they handed out all those contracts to keep their own. Holder said they are pinning their hopes on Richardson and him making them better than they were with Minshew. He also makes it pretty clear he thinks they are going corner at 15. He also said he thinks the Colts like their young secondary a lot more than most of us do and they are banking on their young guys getting better. He did say he does expect some moves in the secondary but it’s probably not going to be a Sneed level guy. He also brought up Franklin saying we need to go get some banners now and Holder told some in the Colts organization that and they loved that because that’s how they feel. They have invested in their core and now expect them to deliver and will hold them accountable to do so.

It’s week two of free agency. Plenty of time still to make moves. Plus there is the whole draft to go.