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7 hours ago, DattMavis said:
I work for a large government agency and one day someone accidentally sent an email to the entire agency (30,000+ people). People started sending reply-all emails saying things like "You accidentally sent this to me." Then people started angrily sending reply-all emails saying "DON'T REPLY-ALL!" but they were sending reply-all emails too. It became a vicious cycle, and by the end, I had received 500 emails because of this one accidentally sent email.😅
Also happened in the large govt agency I work for. Really shook my faith in my organization to see so many replying to all to tell people not to reply to all. At least it was easy to have Outlook sort by the subject line and mass delete them. It’s fun to tell the story to millennials who weren’t around yet…
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Seems like they’re getting a 2nd first in order to trade up for a QB. Dangling 2 firsts might interest a talent deficient team like NE to trade their #3 pick…
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37 minutes ago, Iron Colt said:
Trey Sermon was resigned. What do you guys think about him? Moss replacement?
I like Goodson better, but between Taylor, Hull, Goodson, Sermon, and Zavier Scott, we should have 3 roster spots ably filled. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a late-round pick at RB, though.
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2 minutes ago, AKB said:
ballard is the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting a diff result. he also should cut his hair. Joe Flacco will only hold clipboards, Sam is the best QB on roster.
Oh, come on! I just saw Ballard sipping a Pina Colada. over at Trader Vic’s, and his hair was perfect!
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10 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Rumor going around that a deal will be announced soon for a player on a 2 year contract with 12 million guaranteed. Any guesses if true who it could be. Blackmon?
Did YOU start this rumor?
jk
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8 minutes ago, Restinpeacesweetchloe said:
Joel Erickson made some good points on radio this morning. Everyone talking about Titans and Texans improving in FA. He made a great point how no they haven’t. They replaced guys they lost. Pollard for Beney. Hunter for Grenard.
He also mentioned how all the guys colts brought back would have been some of the best at their positions in FA.
I love this point. The media gives credit to the big spending teams for “improving”, when in reality they’re bringing in FAs who may or may not integrate well into their systems to replace players lost in FA. At least we brought back guys who we know mesh well, so we aren’t any worse. And Ballard is easily a Top 10 drafter IMO, so we can certainly improve steadily with this strategy…
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Just now, tweezy32 said:
Yeah you crazy if you think they aren't gonna be good lol
I think they’re going to be very good, like they were at the end of 2023. However, seldomly do the big FA players build a super team, no matter what it looks like on paper…
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5 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:
He isn't a free agent. He isn't going anywhere unless he is cut or traded
Yeah, I know. I’m just saying that by releasing him in a week or so, we aren’t screwing his FA chances. He’ll be a third-tier TE…
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14 minutes ago, chad72 said:
Only advantage is for MAC to get the best team fit in FA he can get and the most money he can get, to do good by him.
Kinda what I was thinking. He’s really not the kinda player that goes in the first few days. Maybe we’ll still release him in the next week or two…
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Just now, 1959Colts said:
We have Granson, Ogletree, Woods and Mallory. A lot of talking heads are saying we should draft Bowers.
I just don't get why they are still hanging onto Cox and his $5 mil contract?
I agree, but maybe we like that keeping him around a little longer further hides our 1st round intentions. Is there any advantage to releasing him before the league year opens tomorrow? Any advantage to doing it before the draft?
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Just now, dw49 said:
That's what I see and subtract 9 mill for rookies and another 4 million for reserves and we're down to around 23 mill left. Could jump up to 29 depending on whether or not Cox is retained for the 5.9 mill he's due. So we are not done and should improve the roster a bit before the April draft.
Of course, we’d have to know the contracts’ specifics to know their year 1 impacts, right? Not a great capologist, so I can never quite figure out what we have to work with…
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1 minute ago, NewColtsFan said:
FWIW: I’m not sure Ballard will find a CB in this class. There are not many with 32 inch arms. It’s the opposite to last year’s class when almost everyone had those super long arms. So I don’t know how CB will respond.It’d have to be Melton IMHO, but I’m not sure we’ll be able to get to the CB need that early in the draft…
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Y’know, the problem is that you’d have to trade picks to get Sneed AND give him top FA dollars, like we did for Buckner. For that, he’d have to be “perfect”, like Buckner. Those 31.5 inch arms probably give CB a little pause…
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Just now, GoColts8818 said:
Kenny back in the fold
There we go! He deserves it.
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Getting a little old, guys. I’m thinking about just turning off my phone and listening to my 10YO and 12YO argue…
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4 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Let’s see what happens with Rigoberto, Moore and Blackmon. 2 out of 3 of those probably leave us.
Who is the Brock Purdy of this year’s QB draft? I’m willing to wait till the 7th round to fill our back up QB need!
Yeah, I’m starting to think that there is a very short list of backup QBs in FA that we’re considering, and if those don’t work out we’ll go with Ehlinger and a draftee…
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Today, I’m hoping for a backup QB (Huntley?) and a potential swing tackle (Isaiah Wynn or Josh Jones?).
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4 minutes ago, Indeee said:
Good Morning.
What is it with your certain group of guys and girls on here?
There should not be one fan who, currently, should like this organization's philosophy of running things.
It really has been a mediocre result. < This is the issue. A middle of the pack team.
Most of the high-end players get gobbled up on the 1st day of legal tampering. Do they get overpaid? Yes. Is that the norm? Yes.
Yet most on here keep stating the same thing. "I would never pay that or sacrifice that". News flash. The Colts brass obviously feels the same way. Unfortunately, the only thing to show from this is a middle of the pack team. At some point, that insanity you speak of needs to be projected onto the front office way of doing things and not on the fans who are getting restless.
If the Colts way of doing things were showing a high ratio of results, I personally would not be constantly nitpicking every move at this time of year or at any other time of year either.
So far, they have spent their money on players that have been part of that middle of the pack team. I just do not see how keeping and focusing on middle of the pack players and surrounding them with other middle of the pack FA's and unproven rookies will ever get this team out of the middle for a consistent duration of time. It has not happened albeit one year with Rivers out of 6 or 7. That ratio is not good regardless of whatever reason you lay at its feet. The one constant though is middle of the pack FAs in the majority.
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Have we been mediocre recently? Yes. Is it our philosophy towards team-building that has kept us mediocre? No. It’s the lack of a top-tier QB. We took the leap and drafted one last year, and our ascension to the top tier will primarily depend on Richardson’s progress and our ability to build a top scoring O with him at the helm. As for our FA strategy, I think it’s kept us competitive despite being in QB hell…
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I don’t think I’ve seen any contracts today that I wish the Colts had made. I’d be stewing that we overpaid on pretty much all the deals other teams have made.
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On the eve of free agency:
1-24: Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas. Trade down with Dallas. You want to get more explosive? Worthy is how that looks.
2-46: Max Melton, CB, Rutgers. Great athlete and underrated corner. Over 32” arms, which makes Ballard happier than Quinyon or Arnold could.
2-56: Ruke Orhorhoro, 3T, Clemson. Our DT depth was bad last year.
3-82: Mason McCormick, OG, SD St. We’ve all identified that this guy is exactly what Ballard wants.
4-116: James Williams, LB, Miami. Maybe a little bit of a departure due to his so-so combine. But the tape shows a good safety conversion project.
5-150: Khristian Boyd, NT, N. Iowa. Maybe we can slow down the run a little when Grover ain’t in there.
6-190: Kimani Vidal, RB, Troy. Competition for Hull and Goodson.
7-234: John Huggins, S, Jackson St. 6’1, 211, 4.47 forty, 38.5v, 11 1/8 broad jump, 6.91 3-cone. A Ballard-type athlete in the 7th.
UCFA: Baylor Cupp, TE, Texas Tech. 4.55 forty at 6’6, 260. Good athlete to develop as an in-line TE.
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I would say Quinyon if forced to choose. However, I’m starting to believe that Ballard’s strong preference for long-armed CBs would preclude him from selecting Mitchell and his 31” arms that high in the draft. I think he considers 32” arms a minimum for a major addition. Just a guess, though. I’d see us trading down and targeting one of the WR prospects, like Worthy or Adonai.
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Still willing to take a second team that you can feel free to randomly assign me if need be…
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The Colts trade back in the 1st round and target Xavier Worthy.
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I'm starting to think about trading down in the 1st and targeting a different WR, like Worthy. Then, with two 2nd rounders, you can pick up Max Melton and a DT (Fiske or Orhorhoro).
Colts offseason discussion / Ballard Grievances (merge)
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I disagree with this sentiment. We had a bad run with injuries last year at CB, which was already a young, developing group. But Flowers was looking like a decent #1 when he went down for the year. Then Brents looked good as the #1 until he got injured and then showed his rookiness when he returned. And Jones looked quite good around mid-season. I’d love to add a dominant #1 as much as the next guy, but signing an FA to be that guy is the absolute most expensive way to do that. And it sounds like Sneed is pricing us out of the market. We may just have to draft a CB in the first or second and hope that one guy on the team can develop into a solid #1 guy, but it should work out much better than last year!