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19 minutes ago, DEFENSE said:

how long will irsay keep ballard around? his fill the roster with draft picks and low dollar free agents seems to be putting us behind the rest of our division based on our record dropping each season, we should be rising not falling farther behind in our division


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2 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

While I think Ballard needs to spend more, the roster is in a better overall place. 

 

This will be a big year for him. How he manages the QB situation will likely set the tone for the rest of his days with the Colts. 

i agree, this is his year , make or break

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2 names:

 

Quenton Nelson

Darius Leonard

 

Both are top 3 at their position in this league, and both were drafted by Chris Ballard. Losing a QB before a season certainly isn’t going to help the team, but it is not at all Ballards fault. It’s time to get real, Ballard is a top 10, if not top 5 GM in the league. I sure hope Irsay keeps him around for the next decade or so, barring some drastic negative change. 

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2 minutes ago, WarGhost21 said:

2 names:

 

Quenton Nelson

Darius Leonard

 

Both are top 3 at their position in this league, and both were drafted by Chris Ballard. Losing a QB before a season certainly isn’t going to help the team, but it is not at all Ballards fault. It’s time to get real, Ballard is a top 10, if not top 5 GM in the league. I sure hope Irsay keeps him around for the next decade or so, barring some drastic negative change. 

if he does we cant fall much lower in our division. we are nearing the bottom under ballard

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18 minutes ago, DEFENSE said:

our record speaks for him

Yeah two years out of three without his franchise QB he was expecting to have has NOTHING to do with the record...

 

ignore the one year he had him he put together a team that won a playoff game on the road after he rebuilt the defense from a 3/4 to a 4/3 and had a new head coach.

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1 hour ago, DEFENSE said:

how long will irsay keep ballard around? his fill the roster with draft picks and low dollar free agents seems to be putting us behind the rest of our division based on our record dropping each season, we should be rising not falling farther behind in our division

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1 hour ago, DEFENSE said:

how long will irsay keep ballard around? his fill the roster with draft picks and low dollar free agents seems to be putting us behind the rest of our division based on our record dropping each season, we should be rising not falling farther behind in our division

The reason we fell behind other franchises isn’t because of Ballard.  It’s because we lost our franchise quarterback.    I can’t remember his name, how unlucky of me.  
 

But I understand he was pretty good.   That’s the biggest reason we fell behind.   No luck for the franchise.   
 

What was the quarterbacks name again?   Anyone?    Anyone at all?  
 

Oh well...  better luck next time! 

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2 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

The reason we fell behind other franchises isn’t because of Ballard.  It’s because we lost our franchise quarterback.    I can’t remember his name, how unlucky of me.  
 

But I understand he was pretty good.   That’s the biggest reason we fell behind.   No luck for the franchise.   
 

What was the quarterbacks name again?   Anyone?    Anyone at all?  
 

Oh well...  better luck next time! 

I agree 100%

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3 more years, minimum... maybe longer. Irsay knows how talented Ballard is, and the events that have worked against him/that he continues to persevere through... He likely doesn’t want to have to do the whole thing over. Any new GM has a philosophy and wants to clean house, with coaches, certain players, etc. that’s a costly and timely process. Ballard’s the guy. Luck retiring set him back a few years. 

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I refuse to wear the woe is me suit for this team. 

The circumstances that fell on the Colts last season are well known. 

Ballard is one of the top GMs in the league. It was not his fault he was dealt a bad hand. 

We are basically a very young team with some very good players on this roster. We shall overcome. 

 

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9 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

I refuse to wear the woe is me suit for this team. 

The circumstances that fell on the Colts last season are well known. 

Ballard is one of the top GMs in the league. It was not his fault he was dealt a bad hand. 

We are basically a very young team with some very good players on this roster. We shall overcome. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, EastStreet said:

It's one of the many reasons I think he makes a move (at QB). He'll get no patience if he sticks with JB, a little patience if he goes to a FA, and most patience if he drafts a QB. 

Irsays own words were that he would be a part of determining the QB position along with Ballard, so he’s not firing Ballard based on that. 

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