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By Jared Cisneros · Posted
I'll pile on you here. Ballard has put together a great team since taking over in 2017. We lost Luck (I blame a combination of Grigson and Luck himself for this), and that ruined 2019 and stunted our growth in 2020 with a one-year stopgap in Rivers. We have Wentz now. He's 28 years old. We'll get a decade out of him to compete if he's above-average or better. He has the chemistry with Reich. Remember, if Ballard hadn't built a solid team before getting Wentz after Luck retired, we'd be back to 2012. However, because Ballard did the foundation first, we can now try and compete again for a decade with Wentz immediately. We have a few weaknesses, but we have the draft and the rest of the offseason to fill them. We do need to improve our DEs. We can still sign Houston back and/or draft an EDGE in the first two rounds. CBs we re-signed Rhodes and Carrie, and Ballard has shown interest in Newsome, Farley, and Asante Samuel. We could easily take a CB at 21, or trade down and get one. We will get a couple starters out of the draft. I wanted an EDGE too, and thought it was a mistake to sign Hilton back and not an EDGE in FA, but we have to re-sign our own as well, and a 5 year deal to an EDGE for 12-15 million a year will take away money short and long-term. We have a reduced salary cap this year. The rest of that money will go towards draft picks, offseason depth signings after the draft and UDFA's, and Braden Smith, Darius Leonard, and Quenton Nelson. -
By Jared Cisneros · Posted
I believe he was. However, this is like year 2 of Tell's contract and development, so bringing Carrie back will give him an additional year to develop. Maybe he makes the team, maybe he gets placed on the practice squad. I have a feeling he isn't going to be expected to play too much this year unless he proves it in OTA's and preseason, or unless there are a couple injuries. Plus, Kenny Moore plays slot and TJ Carrie is a backup slot CB. So if Moore is specifically hurt, Carrie could probably fill in Moore's spot 75% as good as he could. That alone is worth $2 million this year. -
I did wonder in 97 after he took full control of the team, how close were we to a Jim Irsay owner/gm situation? It honestly had to be a powerful temptation. -
By GoColts8818 · Posted
Surprised he’s back. I thought he was brought in last year because of Tell opting out but i am not mad or disappointed he’s back. -
By WoolMagnet · Posted
So far, so good. He bought us some time at CB, bolstered the OL depth, added an exciting prospect at QB, And even tho 1 year deals, i thought Rhodes and Carrie was big. Also TY and Mack. I liked what we brought back. I think Houston is a good possibility too. If that happens i feel prettygood going into draft. Ballard isnt done. Its a good draft for WRs and OL. This not only helps us in draft, but there will be some interesting cuts later at the positions as well. I’m ok with us being quiet early on for the BIG contracts that rarely cashin. Sign our own, make wise fiscally prudent choices that fit our scheme and locker room, and provide depth at all positions for competition. Looks to me like he’s doing just that. Now going into draft focus on LT and edge rush primarily and maybe try to improve WR , DL, and TE positions. Maybe target CBfor future. Other than that, i think the roster is pretty exciting.
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