I agree with this. The place where we got screwed was in trading for the guy in the first place. I was looking at it as a whole. I agree that even if we only gotten a 6th rounder it would have be a win for us at that point.

I don't think there's much of a chance that Ballard will stay. He's been completely undermined and looks like a fool. They'll come to some sort of contract buyout arrangement and he will leave. I doubt he has any problem finding a new job. The Colts however will be... interesting.

Washington traded more than just a 2023 conditional draft pick.

They also traded a third round pick in the 2022 draft (Colts selected Jelani Woods) as well as swapped 2022 second round picks with the Colts so that Indy could move up a few spots in the draft order.

I hate the fact that we suddenly have these types of connections with Washington.

Which makes you wonder, if what someone else on this board suggested (sorry I forgot who and I am too lazy to look it up), that Saturday is really auditioning for the GM job and the Colts will have a real coaching search at the end of the season.

If Ballard had felt undermined, he would have resigned. Ballard has done a fine job adding talent to the team. They didnt tank when Luck retired, which makes it hard to find a rookie Qb. No one complained when they took Nelson with the 5th pick.

The problem isnt finding talent, its getting it to produce. Thats on the coaching staff. Saturday may be out at the end of the year. This group could go back to their lazy ways. Last week, they played close to their potential.

There's no telling what Diamond Jim will do. He said his role model is Al Davis. Yikes

Would you resign (and not get paid) if you still had 3-4 years left on your contract? No way. He has pride and an ego though, and he'll get another job quickly if he wants. I agree with everything else you said. I'd like him to stay, but I doubt he will. Gonna be interesting

If Ballard leaves we still have Dodds and Brown. I think either one of them could step in and do a fine job, who knows, maybe better.

I'd prefer Dodds but I think some other team will snatch him up and he'll leave, too. All I know about Brown is that he came from the Bears who have largely stunk for 35 years. No opinion on him.