Nobody get your hopes up for Sean Payton. Zero chance of that happening.

Yuck

Reich needed to go, but make no mistake this shit show of a season is at least just as much if not more Ballard's fault. Ballard does have a good eye for talent though. Ideally it'd be good for him to stay on but become more flexible in his approach to the roster, or at least have learned from this dumpster fire and quit making rickolously unbelievable stupid decisions like placing Matt Pryor as our starting LT.

Ballards leash just got much shorter. I hope they show his ass the door sooner rather than later

If you think the issues I listed are a recipe for success then I question your sanity. In a QB driven league changing QBs every year, not being able to pass block, not being able to rush the passer, or having WRs that can’t get open affects wins and losses. Having one of them MAY be manageable. Having more than one isn’t. Ballard has consistently let multiple be an issue. Remember when he started the season with no DE with double digit sacks (in a 4-3 alignment) TOTAL FOR THEIR CAREER? How many winning team do you think have done that in the modern NFL?

The Colts supposedly have a great LG, great off ball LB, and a great RB. Let’s for a second ignore the fact those are three of the least valuable positions in football, but how big a fucking impact have they had this year? Now tell me what Ballard has done at QB, LT, and DE - actual positions that affect winning. Having Tannehill over the last 5 years would be an improvement over what the team has done. Consistency at the position matters.

I’d take Vrabel as a coach, the question isn’t if he’s better than Reich, it’s if anyone could win consistently with the teams Ballard has put on the field. But regardless Reich was Ballard’s second choice at HC. Want to discuss how great his first choice is doing? If Franks sucks as bad as you think, it looks like Ballard has the same eye for HCs that he does QBs, LTs, and DEs.

Well I'd say we also have one of the best interior DT combos in the league with Grover and Buckner. Also I'd lobby for Kwity Paye being the best edge-setting run defending DEs in the league. The secondary is adquate. The pass rush clearly is a weakness, we need a double digit sack guy on this line.

I can agree with all of that. But how big of a weakness is the pass rush really, when they haven't played from a lead all season?

What about Ken Dorsey? I know it's going back down the "hot OC" route, but I'm sure his name is going to be plenty popular in HC searches by the off-season.

What QB has he had a chance at? Josh Allen, but that would've been mindnumbingly stupid at the time given that we had no idea Luck would do what he did. Who else has been available to sign, draft, trade for, etc.? The Texans would not have traded Watson here, and I wouldn't want to be on the other side of that contract if he pulled a Russell Wilson. Speaking of Wilson, he's another guy that could've been overpaid for and flopped. Could've also traded for Stafford, looks like that worked out for 1 season, his statline currently looks as bad as Matt Ryan's. Looking at the draft there hasn't been an opportunity to get a QB without trading up unless they were clairvoyant and drafted Josh Allen somehow knowing Luck would retire. We don't know Ballard's eye for QBs because he's been sifting through the trash heap ever since Luck's retirement. We know his eye for DEs isn't the best, as evidenced by the wasted draft capital at the position, but he hasn't had a chance at QB and he may have found a starting LT in Round 3 of the most recent draft.

We should have known it was coming when we saw this!:D