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Yeah normally if you don’t get snatched up in the first week of free agency it means you are asking too much so in addition to teams recalibrating what they need vs whose left players and agents have to recalibrate what they are asking for and that can take time. I fully believe that’s what you want.

Let’s be honest any corner signing with any team but the Colts is going to cause the next meltdown.

Yeah that’s there I think they are going and it’s what Holder strongly hinted at if you believe him.

Your first post was they aren’t signing Simmons which clearly shows that what you took from my post which wasn’t my point at all.

I am watching Ballard in free agency for a vet safety. I think he’s going to draft a corner in found one or two to grow with his young corners from last year. Just the sense I get. I could be wrong we shall see.

And take for granted what they do have. I get it would be nice if Grover was a pass rusher as well as run stopper but all I heard last year when he was out was oh my God they have to keep Grover look at how bad the run defense is without him (which it was they gave one more ypc while he was out). Then Ballard signs him and fans are initially very happy (see the number of likes the post got announcing he was staying. Then fans realize Ballard used his money to keep his own and it turned into what was he thinking keeping Grover? He should have gotten a pass rushing DT! Grover can’t do that he stinks.

Say it louder for the people in back!

I find it funny that some concerned about Brents injury history attack people if they dare to question if AR is anything other than the next great QB because of his injury past.

You owe @jskinnz a royalty payment but you aren’t wrong.

You did miss the point. The point was if fans feel they can’t afford Simmons or any other more reasonable priced free agent how on earth did they expect them to afford Sneed? Simmons was just a name that had been used in the conversation where I drew it from. It was not a post saying hey the Colts are going to sign Simmons so yes you missed the point.

You missed the point…

You do whatever makes you feel better but Irsay isn’t going to fire Ballard because some fans are throwing a temper tantrum.

I want to see things trend up too. I was just pointing out the flaw a lot of Colts fans have. They decide on their own what’s going to happen regardless of history and when it doesn’t they get angry even though it was never going to happen in the first place. Unless the Colts do something like go 0-17 with Richardson playing every snap Ballard probably isn’t getting fired at season’s end.

BTW the sun did come up this morning.

Fans deciding the Colts have to win big this year or Ballard is fired. Spoiler I don’t think Irsay sees it that way.

Some Colts fans: oh my god the Colts didnt give Sneed $19 million a year and $55 million guaranteed the Colts are doomed because Ballard won’t sign anyone. Other Colts fans: he could still sign someone like Simmons to a more reasonable contact. previous Colts fans: are you crazy the Colts don’t have salary cap room for that…

I can see how this is going to go tonight. Good night everyone I’ll see you all tomorrow after the sun still rises.

Yeah the Colts run defense gave up a full yard a carry more when Grover was out. That’s not good. I mean let’s be honest when people were talking about needs before free agency started a lot of people were yelling they couldn’t let Grover leave because they had nothing behind him. So unquestionably they needed depth at DT. To me it’s more people had their hearts set on a splash move and thought Sneed was going to be the one and they got their hearts broken.

Yes I guarantee the sun will still come up tomorrow.

Yeah seeing that number and easy for me to understand why if the Colts ever were in on Sneed Ballard went yeah no.

Well @AustexColt you got your wish.

Wait that’s not what Eric Johnson is? Darn could have fooled me.

me every time I remember they brought back Taven Bryan…

I agree its his job but like I said it’s where it gets complicated because there was nothing he could have done about Jacoby. Rivers worked. Wentz wasn’t his call clearly and if Irsay was the one telling him to up his offer for Ryan then Ryan may not have been either. He’s not the only GM to deal with QB issues. However, Irsay appears to have judged him on it after 22 and seems to feel there were a lot of things that happened with the QB spot that wasn’t Ballard’s fault which is probably why he got a pass on it from Owner. Whats clear though is going forward Ballard is tied to Richardson. That’s Ballard’s guy and there is no denying it. So if Richardson doesn’t work it’s not going to matter how good of a team he’s built minus the QB he’s going to be shown the door if they aren’t winning, that’s just probably not going to happen this year though unless the Colts do something like go 0-17 with Richardson playing every snap.

If most of Ballard’s teams had Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck as the QB and not Carson Wentz, an aging Matt Ryan and Phillip Rivers, or backups in Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew do you think they made the playoffs? If you think so then it supports Ballard’s theory that this team has been missing the QB peace. Last year was a wash on it because of Richardson’s injuries. Hopefully over this year and next we get a shot to see what Ballard’s roster building can do with a legit franchise QB. I think it’s telling the only two years under Ballard the team had above average to good QB play all season they made the playoffs. Does Ballard deserve the blame for the QB spot? That’s a complicated question because on one hand he is the GM but on the other his hands have been tied there. For starters no one saw the Andrew Luck situation coming so there wasn’t really anything Ballard could do the year they started Jacoby. The year they had Rivers it worked. Wentz was clearly a Reich decision more than Ballard. Then if you recall it was Irsay who told Ballard up his offer for Ryan so maybe Ryan was more Irsay. He also wasn’t in position to really grab one post Luck until last year in the draft. Then he did. So that’s why for better or worse he’s tied to Richardson now. Irsay pretty much looked at Ballard after the 22 season and decided he saw good teams minus the QB spot and decided what had happened at the QB spot wasn’t on Ballard’s shoulders so he decided to give him a chance with his QB. Then his QB got hurt before we could really find out much about him. So that’s why Ballard’s job in all likelihood isn’t on the line this year unless they do something like go 0-17 with Richardson starting all year. You can disagree with the decision Irsay made or the logic he appears to have used to get there but that’s what happened. Irsay has bought into Ballard’s teams haven’t had the QBs they need and Irsay appears to think that isn’t all Ballard’s fault. Irsay also seems to think if they had the QB play they need then they would be a playoff team. If you believe that’s true then keeping your own a year after you went 9-8 with a backup QB playing almost all year makes sense if you expect to get your QB back which the Colts do.