1/10 Ballard End of Season Presser

[crazycolt1]

The Colt have a bad season and it turns out that every player on the team gets slaughtered.  Par for the coarse with most of this crowd. 

[Dingus McGirt]

8 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Just ______ quit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 He was speaking in generalities.  You are ________ babbling about the way things have Fallen.  He HAS his LT.  He can fix RG and C.

 We NEED our All-Pro LB back that makes all those big plays and creates TURNOVERS.  

  Shame on you for crying over spilled milk and being so little picture.

  Go Cry with Sean McVay and Aaron Rodgers sitting on their arses this weekend. 

 It's where we are at. We screwed up bigtime drafting Manning 3-13 league rookie record int's. WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!  

 There are only 3-4 Excellent teams in the NFL. 

  We got rid of REICH and his ideas!  THAT is the best thing! 

 We start anew. LIVE WITH IT!!!!!    Let it breathe!  SAM isn't your QB!

  

Easy, big fella.

[chad72]

2 minutes ago, Stephen said:

I mean pittman isnt exactly a super star wr. Higgins, brown, mclaurin,hill diggs,adams,metcalf, and several others are better than him. Heck I think pierce will be better than him

 

Pierce, until I see him run more routes, Pittman is still ahead of him, IMO. This is a bad draft for WRs, IMO, would be unwise to trade Pittman whatsoever. Just need to add speed to the field to make them all effective.

[Stephen]

11 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

I agree. Truthfully I'm not sold on any QB coming out this year is the answer to our QB problem. 

So what then build the 2000 ravens defense and hope that trent dilfer mean Sam ehlinger can win for us

[stitches]

10 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Just ______ quit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 He was speaking in generalities.  You are ________ babbling about the way things have Fallen.  He HAS his LT.  He can fix RG and C.

 We NEED our All-Pro LB back that makes all those big plays and creates TURNOVERS.  

  Shame on you for crying over spilled milk and being so little picture.

  Go Cry with Sean McVay and Aaron Rodgers sitting on their arses this weekend. 

 It's where we are at. We screwed up bigtime drafting Manning 3-13 league rookie record int's. WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!  

 There are only 3-4 Excellent teams in the NFL. 

  We got rid of REICH and his ideas!  THAT is the best thing! 

 We start anew. LIVE WITH IT!!!!!    Let it breathe!  SAM isn't your QB!

  

wth? 

[2006Coltsbestever]

3 minutes ago, Fluke_33 said:

What is up with her makeup?  Was she crying?

I wasn't sure, both her eyes look liked big bubbles of blue  

[GoColts8818]

Just now, shasta519 said:

 

I think he has all the tools though. CHI is just notoriously bad at developing QBs.

 

Good thing the Colts GM spent half of his career there. Really prepared him for what this tea needs to do next. /s 

 

Silly hypothetical, but which do you prefer:

• Trading #4 for Fields
• Trading #4 (plus other picks) for #1 to pick Stroud or Young

A lot of players have tools.  It’s being able to use those tools that ultimately makes a QB good and that’s hard to do.  Fields hasn’t shown he can do that, especially passing, consistently yet.  Until he does he has work to do to be a good QB in the NFL.  
 

As to your question.  I’d prefer to stay at number four and get a QB there which is still highly possible.  I don’t think there is big differences between Young, Stroud, or Levis.  It’s not like you are missing out on a sure thing like a Manning or Luck if you don’t get one of these guys.  All of them still have work to do which is fine.  

[2006Coltsbestever]

2 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

The Colt have a bad season and it turns out that every player on the team gets slaughtered.  Par for the coarse with most of this crowd. 

We lost a lot of close games and a lot of injuries. I am glad the season is over.

[crazycolt1]

Just now, Stephen said:

So what then build the 2000 ravens defense and hope that trent dilfercI mean Sam ehlinger can win for us

There are other QBs available past the 1st 4 picks of the draft.  

[Dingus McGirt]

2 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I wasn't sure, both her eyes look liked big bubbles of blue  

Who?

[throwing BBZ]

21 hours ago, coming on strong said:

ballard is acting like a coward man up admit you messed up and promise to get the ship right .  

 

 He made you look ____ didn't he!

[Stephen]

Just now, crazycolt1 said:

There are other QBs available past the 1st 4 picks of the draft.  

Not impressed by any of them besides hooker and richardson and even with richardson it is his running ability. Mckee is Joe flacco.

[2006Coltsbestever]

11 minutes ago, shasta519 said:

 

I would love to hang out with McVay. Seems like a cool dude. But not Rodgers.

I actually like Rodgers 

[2006Coltsbestever]

2 minutes ago, Dingus McGirt said:

Who?

[stitches]

10 minutes ago, Stephen said:

I mean pittman isnt exactly a super star wr. Higgins, brown, mclaurin,hill diggs,adams,metcalf, and several others are better than him. Heck I think pierce will be better than him

I think we had that discussion earlier in another thread so I won't repeat myself too much, just to summarize - I agree Pittman is not a super star, but I think he's a very good receiver and I want us to have good receivers whenever we draft our next QB. It's much more important for a young QB to have great receiving weapons than great RB. Plus - I think the longevity argument is really strong against signing ANY RB to big long-term contracts... RBs just don't last in the league. They take too much punishment and usually break down physically relatively quickly. If someone gives us a 1st for Taylor before we have to pay him, I would trade him.

[crazycolt1]

1 minute ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

We lost a lot of close games and a lot of injuries. I am glad the season is over.

Agreed. There are members in this forum that can't handle rough times. 

[ADnum1]

1 hour ago, Blueblood23 said:

I most certainly hope they don’t draft Stroud. We’ve had enough Ohio State busts over the years and not one QB has ever amounted to anything. 

Stroud could turn into the next Dwayne Haskins

[Stephen]

1 minute ago, stitches said:

I think we had that discussion earlier in another thread so I won't repeat myself too much, just to summarize - I agree Pittman is not a super star, but I think he's a very good receiver and I want us to have good receivers whenever we draft our next QB. It's much more important for a young QB to have great receiving weapons than great RB. Plus - I think the longevity argument is really strong against signing ANY RB to big long-term contracts... RBs just don't last in the league. They take too much punishment and usually break down physically relatively quickly. If someone gives us a 1st for Taylor, I would trade him.

A good rb takes alot of pressure off a rookie qb as well especially a hone run hitter. The only way I would trade taylor is if we drafting the top rb in this draft as his traits are similar

[ADnum1]

20 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Just ______ quit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 He was speaking in generalities.  You are ________ babbling about the way things have Fallen.  He HAS his LT.  He can fix RG and C.

 We NEED our All-Pro LB back that makes all those big plays and creates TURNOVERS.  

  Shame on you for crying over spilled milk and being so little picture.

  Go Cry with Sean McVay and Aaron Rodgers sitting on their arses this weekend. 

 It's where we are at. We screwed up bigtime drafting Manning 3-13 league rookie record int's. WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!  

 There are only 3-4 Excellent teams in the NFL. 

  We got rid of REICH and his ideas!  THAT is the best thing! 

 We start anew. LIVE WITH IT!!!!!    Let it breathe!  SAM isn't your QB!

  

[crazycolt1]

4 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Not impressed by any of them besides hooker and richardson and even with richardson it is his running ability. Mckee is Joe flacco.

The thing is you never know or can be sure where the next great QB can come from. We seen some pretty good play from a few no name QBs this season.

[coltsfeva]

   Before the presser, you just knew that no matter what Ballard said, it would be met with sarcasm, undue criticism and an unwarranted sense of entitlement. 
    I’m glad Ballard is staying and agree with Jeff that this team is not as far away as some believe. Teams across the league go from good to bad (and vice versa), in a year’s time.

    To those who want Ballard gone, I want to see what he does with this high draft pick and the rest of this year’s draft.

  IF Raimann and Fries turn out to be solid starters and guys like Woods and Pierce improve, with a solid draft, this could be a playoff caliber team, given the defense (who were gassed by the end of the season, due to offensive ineptitude), and special teams were decent.

    People are just frustrated with how bad this team played this year and their frustration is clouding their objectivity, when it comes to Ballard, IMHO.

[Stephen]

I feel taylor would be harder to replace than pittman. There are an army of pittmans out there. What we need at wr is the next marvin harrison or reggie wayne or ty hilton. 

[Nickster]

2 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:

There’s no way he could possibly justify not drafting a QB.

There is with trade downs and the 3 top guys going 1 2 3.

[Stephen]

2 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

The thing is you never know or can be sure where the next great QB can come from. We seen some pretty good play from a few no name QBs this season.

Stetson bennett will probably be better than mckee

[Nickster]

2 hours ago, chrisfarley said:

Give Kelly little more time.  He was at the lowest point of his life not long ago.  Time will heal him up.   It takes time to recharge batteries from such a tragic & draining event

He was in decline steadily before the tragedy.

[coltsfan77]

1 hour ago, richard pallo said:

Me too.  We will carry it to our grave. 

Absolutely!!

[Stephen]

4 minutes ago, coltsfeva said:

   Before the presser, you just knew that no matter what Ballard said, it would be met with sarcasm, undue criticism and an unwarranted sense of entitlement. 
    I’m glad Ballard is staying and agree with Jeff that this team is not as far away as some believe. Teams across the league go from good to bad (and vice versa), in a year’s time.

    To those who want Ballard gone, I want to see what he does with this high draft pick and the rest of this year’s draft.

  IF Raimann and Fries turn out to be solid starters and guys like Woods and Pierce improve, with a solid draft, this could be a playoff caliber team, given the defense (who were gassed by the end of the season, due to offensive ineptitude), and special teams were decent.

    People are just frustrated with how bad this team played this year and their frustration is clouding their objectivity, when it comes to Ballard, IMHO.

Honestly they just need to throw the ball to our tes. All of them were under used in the passing game especially cox and woods

[ADnum1]

Did Ballard take any responsibility for this train wreck of a season ?

[BeanDiasucci]

14 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Not impressed by any of them besides hooker and richardson and even with richardson it is his running ability. Mckee is Joe flacco.

People keep mentioning Richardson but he completed only 53.8% of his passes this season and less than 50% against Top 25 competition. I know he's raw, but those numbers are really bad. I doubt that he or Levis can make a transition from mediocre college passers to elite pro passers. 

[GoColts8818]

1 minute ago, PRnum1 said:

Did Ballard take any responsibility for this train wreck of a season ?

Yes

[richard pallo]

1 minute ago, PRnum1 said:

Did Ballard take any responsibility for this train wreck of a season ?

He sure did.

[DougDew]

52 minutes ago, rockywoj said:

His own doing in going out and getting the coach what the coach insisted he needed?

I thought you said you listened to the presser.  Did Ballard even remotely indicate that was the situation?

[Moosejawcolt]

3 hours ago, RollerColt said:

I'm on a break right now, so just posting these tidbits for those who aren't able to watch right now. 

 

i called it!!!

 

[coltsfan77]

2 hours ago, richard pallo said:

Me too.  We will carry it to our grave. 

 

1 hour ago, RollerColt said:

Me too. 

 

Truth be told, I completely sucked as a teacher my first two years in the profession. I had an understanding of what teaching was, and the basic tools, but I honestly had no clue what I was doing, even after doing 4 years worth of observations in college and "watching the pros and experts".  It took years of failure to learn how to be better. 

Totally get it. Life seemed like I was in some sort of fog and life was going on around me. That was just my trying to deal with it and at the same time trying to be there for your spouse. My wife is an educator so I can empathize in some of what you went through. 

[DougDew]

2 minutes ago, PRnum1 said:

Did Ballard take any responsibility for this train wreck of a season ?

When asked "How did it get this way"  He said that the plan from a roster standpoint was not good enough.

 

He said that 2020 was the year to get the rookie QB, but that he still likes the Buckner trade. 

 

He said he was responsible for the Vet QBs

 

He said he misjudged the ability of two new olinemen to blend with the other three.  Thought the other three would elevate them.

 

No, he's not going to throw anybody like Irsay or Reich under the bus, but he gave no indications that the GM is not responsible for all of these decisions.   A person would have to choose to read into it to think otherwise, IMO.

[2006Coltsbestever]

5 minutes ago, Moosejawcolt said:

i called it!!!

 

I think we should take a Guard just to make you happy 

[RollerColt]

Be curious if we continue the "With the Next Pick" series this year. In customary Ballard Poker Face fashion, he left all options open during his interview. He could trade up, stay put or even trade back. Nothing is certain. 

[Stephen]

25 minutes ago, BeanDiasucci said:

People keep mentioning Richardson but he completed only 53.8% of his passes this season and less than 50% against Top 25 competition. I know he's raw, but those numbers are really bad. I doubt that he or Levis can make a transition from mediocre college passers to elite pro passers. 

First off levis completed over 65 percent of his passes so that isnt bad. Second Richardson could potentially be the rookie of the year because of his legs not his arm. The only way Richardson ends up a bust is if his passing never improves.

[BeanDiasucci]

58 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Matt Ryan is a Hall of Famer but also 37 years old. Taylor being injured most of the year and our O.line being bad did him no favors. 

He's still young with productive seasons ahead. Mathuselah Ryan will live another 932 years, says the Gospel according to Bean,.  

[AKB]

I'm 8 minutes into it, and so far I like the accountability he has taken.