Ballard would never take that kid in the top 10.

That's unfortunate to hear about Carter. Being a shithead is one thing. Being a lazy shithead is another level of red flag.

To be fair, Ballard was part of the Chiefs staff that vetted and ultimately selected Marcus Peters (who had shown to be a shithead at Washington) at #18. Peters is uber-talented and can obviously play, but was still a shithead to the point of them getting rid of him after three years.

Of course Peters never showed up fat.

This is the example of, “you cant fix stupid”

I am not sure what this word salad means.

I got on the interweb and asked miss cleo to tells us what this post meant. She said, “even psychics have their limits”.

-The Colts don't appear to be trading to 1.
-Stroud and Young will likely be drafted at 1 and 2.
-Levis and Richardson have high bust potential.
-If the Colts draft Levis or Richardson, they've committed to a QB with high bust potential.
-Alternatively, a defensive player could be drafted.
-Drafting a defensive player at 4 without having a solution in place at QB, such as Lamar Jackson, would be a large risk.

Clear?

That's because some team more than likely told Drew Rosenhaus that if Carter is there they are taking him.

You know Lamar is not happening right?, especially the way you imagine, there is the option to decide none of this year's "good" QBs are worth the cost to buy and set the franchise back 2-3 more years. Either acquire future picks in a trade down and snag a potential QB later or get the BPA at 4 and the BQB in the 2nd.

Anything that isn't trading to 1 or getting Lamar might as well be labeled "the Caleb Williams strategy" IMO. Of course Caleb Williams will likely be viewed at this time next year the way CJ Stroud is viewed now, so that should be interesting.

To anything you have proposed. You have created a fantasy world

You must be addicted to mediocrity, too.

You're definitely divorced from reality. Mac Jones is on the trading block, should we set the franchise back and trade everything for him? He was your can't miss prospect not long ago, with the same bravado you want Stroud.

That was before Belichick and Matt Patricia stunted his development significantly. I doubt Ballard is willing to stake his job to Mac Jones at this point. It would be a better bet than Will Levis or Anthony Richardson, though.

No, I suffer from an extreme case of reality. 53 guys need to get paid and you want to sign a first round and keep jackson and have $60 million tied up in 2 players.

Three more weeks of this shit. Thank God baseball is back.

If the Colts sign Lamar Jackson, they'll have over $110 million tied up in 4 players.

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That's the same Bill Belichick who got the Patriots to go 11-5 with Matt Cassell at quarterback when Tom Brady missed the entire 2008 season with an injury.

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Cool, he didn't have a defensive coach as his offensive coordinator at that time, but did have a Hall of Fame WR on the roster.

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Even more cool ...... Reggie Wayne, in similar fashion to Randy Moss in 2008, really made the difference in the Colts' 2011 season when they went 2-14 when Peyton Manning missed the entire season with an injury.

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Proving my point. Not sustainable

Cassel was a better QB than Curtis Painter, and the Cheaters defense didn't fall apart, probably because Belicheat used extra cheating.

2011 Colts and 2008 Patriots had a lot more going on than just the quality of the backup QB's. Colts offensive system was unique to Manning, he goes down, you can't run what you know.

We had also gradually lost a lot of unsung but important guys like our interior OL and LB's. Even back to 2009, Manning and the passing O was carrying the team. Undefeated team that ranked bottom of the league in rushing, run defense, TOP... same in 2010, and then 2011 had no passing O to help.

Chris Polian was three years in and we had a bunch of younger, weaker players replacing.

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Meanwhile, the Patriots were one season removed from undefeated. Matt Cassel wasn't great but he wasn't trash. The main thing is that, yes, there was a downgrade in QB quality... but the Patriots offensive system didn't have to go back to formula when Brady went down.

Aside from QB, the little turnover they had included Richard fucking Seymour coming back and Roosevelt Colvin being replaced by top-10 draft pick Jerod Mayo. Their top-4 defense dropped to top-8.

The thing people tend to forget is that in 2009 when Brady came back... Patriots finished 10-6 with Brady, but that happened to be good enough for a division title unlike the 11-5 they posted with Cassel.

The only offensive change was adding Edelman and on defense they replaced Bruschi and Vrabel, but even Vrabel's replacement (Banta-Cain) had 10 sacks in 10 games and the defense was still 5th in scoring, 11th overall.

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Cassell might have gone 4-12 with that Colts team, instead of 2-14.

You remind me of Colin Ferguson, the guy who killed 6 people shooting up the Long Island Railroad in 1993 who then defended himself in court. He didn't convince the jury of his innocence, but he himself believed it.

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Would be interesting to see 3 of the top 4 end up in the AFC south and have to battle each other

If that happened, Trevor Lawrence would become the Peyton Manning of the division.

So you’re saying that’s what’s gonna happen?

Or you’re saying the Titans are better with Willis?

Because if that’s how you feel I don’t see how the draft is gonna change your outlook

That's impossible. Right Dam?

This is why we need a rimshot emoji

Anything is possible. I'm fairly confident that won't happen, and you really should hope I'm right unless you want a decade of Jaguars dominance. I don't.