I'm just here to watch some people's disappointment at "losing" free agency when the team is going to win 12 games next year.

Not if we don’t improve the pass rush. I don’t want to enter the year with a deficiency like the WRs were last year, and the oline the year before.

There are two primary sources of improvement from Ballard's strategy.

1) Draft
2) Develop

We tend to focus on #1, but #2 is even more important. If the coaching staff can't develop Turay and Lewis into quality pass rushers, then that's a significant failure.

Still, I expect Ballard to add another DL and DE high in the draft. If you can't get a pass rush with 4 1st/2nd round picks on the DL, then is the problem a lack of commitment of resources to the problem?

If Mosley is worth $17MM/year, Darius Leonard is going to get $20MM on an extension in 2021.

I’m all for drafting a DE but depending on a rookie for pass rush usually doesn’t work out well. We needed someone to help bridge the gap. With a rotation that shouldn’t be a problem. Plus we are now driven by need instead of bpa. Luckily this draft matches our needs.

I hope the second year guys develop bc it looks like they will be it and a lower tier FA.

It's not overpaying, it's called making a deal.

@gmbremer
Interested to see if the #Colts kick the tires on Earl Thomas. Obviously, he's outside the scope of Ballard's usual moves. But at 29, he's unlikely to get an exorbitantly long deal, and there are several Seattle connections in the FO.


https://twitter.com/gmbremer/status/...044446721?s=21

That would be interesting. Not gonna get my hopes up and I think he’d be a bit of a puzzling complement to Hooker, but I’ll take what I can get at this point. Would probably be a great mentor to Hooker as well.

Not that I myself was particularly high on him but for those that have mentioned him:

@HolderStephen
I know a lot of you have asked about Denver’s Shaquil Barrett as a possible option for the Colts. Checked into him and it sounds like the Colts view him as more of a 3-4 OLB. Doesn’t seem likely to land here.

It would mean both safeties can switch off into a cover 1 andcwould provide some deceptive packages. But I don’t know if Hooker is the best inbox safety now. He has improved, but he isn’t an Amos or Collins.

Would be a great mentor for Hooker, if Thomas is willing.

Not now.....Barr pulled a McVisor and called off the Jets deal and is staying with Minnesota. He likes the Vikings and Minny increased their offer.


https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/sta...10083931320329

https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/stat...12330341814272