Bridgewater is signing a 1 year deal to be the Dolphins QB2 per Schefter

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...72831430074382

you put it in your own damn post "to be honest I have no idea who that could be"

with the lack of a difference maker available you dont do something stupid like give up picks for a lackluster guy that you will probably get rid of in a few years anyway.

maybe we should have pushed harder for stafford last year. there is no one this year. rodgers wasnt leaving GB and wilson had a no trade and wasnt coming here.

maybe jimmy g can be good for us but I would hope we wouldnt give up anything more than a 3 for him.

Ehlinger has shown no indication he can be even a mediocre starting QB. You don’t have to trade for someone but you have to at least sign someone who has started a few games. That’s for the fans and the other players on this team. Saying you are mailing in the season 5 years into your tenure is not a good look - regardless of the shitty hand Ballard was dealt with Lucks retirement.

He is not going to send fear up the back of opposing coaches, but he does know the playbook, he can read pre snap defenses. Not keen on his arm strength, but I do like the ball comes out quick and not indecisive about it. As a young QB I am positive he will get fooled a few times and throw a head scratching pick. Compared to what is available via free agency and in the draft its a wash for me. Fuck it, we got nothing else to lose except the entire season.

Why do people think Ehlinger is good at reading defenses? And what good does it do if you are crap at anticipation and accuracy. The reports coming out of college were that he was shit at anticipation throws and had accuracy issues. With an arm as weak as he has he needs to be pin point accurate and have great anticipation to be successful in the NFL. The best thing that was said about him was his toughness (he likes to lower his shoulder, not a good thing in the NFL) and leadership. I think he has the makings of an good back up but if he is our starting QB me thinks we are in big trouble.

I like to gamble on college football. I saw him play about 5-6 times. They were playing cupcakes so take it with a grain of salt. He was pinpoint accurate and the ball came out as soon as his back foot planted.

The same prognosticators also said Brady was a 6th. or 7th. round pick. A career backup. That assessment sure aged well!

https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamSchef...89968139816962

Houston has declined Indianapolis’ attempt to speak with Deshaun Watson, per source. Houston comfortable trading Watson - just not in the AFC South.

Agreed. I have no idea what people have seen to give them any indication he’s a viable option. To me he was outplayed in preseason by Eason who was cut. I think people just want hope and since he’s young they can talk themselves into it.

i see ehlinger as a "last resort, we got no one else and are playing for a top pick" type choice.

I don’t want & hope anything other than playing him earns us a top 2 pick in the 2023 draft. A draft conducted by a different GM.

It's early. To early to throw it in on next year. Miracles happen in the NFL and it will take a minor one to get us out of this. I'm hoping that we get lucky with whomever we roll the dice with. You never know.

Yep, and Trubisky said it was down to the Steelers and NYG. I wonder if Ballard even reached out to him :mad:

Well, Trubisky was the one I wanted, but last year I wanted Darnold. So, let's hope I'm as wrong about Trubisky as I was about Darnold.

Ballard is sound asleep. Doesn't even know it's free agent season.

Oh, no. He knows. It is just too early for him.

$70m divided between $4m a piece tier 3 or 4 free agents goes further!

Step 1: Wait out the "over priced" portion of free agency.
Step 2: Sign a bunch of scrubs and call them difference makers.
Step 3: Profit!

I didn't necessarily want Trubisky, but with what was reasonably available, he was there to take a chance on. No clue what they'll do now unless it's Mariota. Maybe overpay for Jimmy G? Maybe overpay for Baker Mayfield?
Do you think Ballard is trying to get fired? Honest question. He's been doing his best to keep us afloat since Luck quit. Jim obviously won't let him go and has already extended him early. Maybe he's had enough and wants out. I'm probably overreacting again but, man.

Whats overpaying for JG? I read some think he could go for a 3, another speculated a 4 after pit signed trubisky. If true I would probably do that.

I dont think ballard is trying to get fired, doesn’t seem like his MO, he would tell irsay its not working and they would part ways. I do think his plan got fucked when luck retired and he is a bit too tight in FA, but at least he has a philosophy and sticks to it.

I think he let reich talk him into wentz and got burned.


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Or just maybe he's a little smarter than we wannabes on this site.

https://brobible.com/sports/article/...hell-trubisky/

McDaniels has already screwed Derek Carr's career and Carr doesn't even know it! He could have been a Colt and a Super Bowl champion within 5 years, instead, he will waste away in Vegas, never winning that division, possibly a few one and dones in the playoffs and then his career and McPhatass's head coaching experiment will end!
-nostradumbass

Does anyone know what he signed for? Then we can start arguing.

You are right he hasn't signed yet, but McDaniels doesn't appear to be willing to even discuss a trade and it seems less and less likely by the day.

At this point, I think our only options should be (in no particular order and completely subjective to what each guy would cost) Winston, Mariota, or Jordan Love (Assuming he would cost one third round pick at most)
If Ballard is just waiting for Jimmy G to be released, then I am fine with bringing him on so long as he costs us no picks in the process.
I really hope we are taking serious looks at Zadarius Smith and Allen Robinson. Those two players come on board and I am starting to feel a LOT better about this FA period.
I think JuJu really makes sense as well. Played a year with Pittman at USC as I recall, and would likely be our slot man. He will probably give you as much as Jarvis Landry would at a lower cost.
I don't think Armstead will be an option and I do think we try to bring back both Pryor and Reed (kindof surprised we haven't yet). The reason I think we haven't is because Ballard likes his own free agents to set their market before he offers. He probably thinks that in some cases, he values his own guys higher than others and he can get away with paying his own guys that he likes more than he should. A way of keeping his own perception of his own guys in check. That could be the only reason, IMO, that we have not signed out fringe talent FA's like Turay, Lewis, Pryor or Reed. Each day drives their price down too, and Ballard knows that, and he has a LOT of them to sign.

Flip side to that argument


Luke Schultheis
@LuckAtLuke
If I’m the Colts, I’d much rather trade for Jimmy G. and keep him on the last year of his current contract, 1-year, $25M as a “show me” year (essentially what Philip Rivers got in 2020) then see him cut and have to give him multiple years as a FA.

I think DF may have been asking about Trubisky's deal. Looks like it's for 2 years $14.25M and can grow to $27M with incentives. Overall low risk, high reward deal for the Steelers :cool:

Problem is that that guy isn’t out there this year.

So the latest is…. Baker Mayfield would prefer Colts If he’s traded

Fuck that.

NO WAY. We might as well play Sam instead.

I kinda think (or maybe its hope) that baker is a bit of a smoke screen from indy's POV. They probably want jimmy g but are playing as coy as possible to drive price down. I also read that now it seems we are really the only suitors for jimmy g so ballard is biding time and playing the baker angle.

At this point, Jimmy G is our best possible option right now, outside of Carr. Baker would be my 3rd choice reluctantly.

Mike Garafolo
@MikeGarafolo
The #Browns have been informed they’re out of the running for Deshaun Watson, a source says. The team still views Baker Mayfield as their quarterback going forward. They told Mayfield’s agents at the Combine they’d only explore top-tier QBs such as Watson.


I imagine this will end the Mayfield to Indy speculation. :cool:

Thank goodness!

While Ballard could prove me wrong by signing a re-tread veteran or trading for Jimmy G, I am now leaning towards the notion that he sees one or two of the "top" QBs in this year's draft class as a potential starter for the Colts.

My wonder, if so, if the kid is not Matt Corral from Ole Miss. This write up from Walter Football seems to check every box Ballard and Reich look for:

Not saying that he is "the guy" or is a sure fire starter. But, honestly, I would be all for using our 2nd round pick on a kid whom our staff thinks has the skills and is coachable over a veteran re-tread who has shown they are not winners.

Just food for thought.

o


"Do something !!! Do something !!! Do something !!!"

(The GM does something.)

"What did you do that for ??? Panic move !!!"

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If they really want the kid from old Miss, they will need to trade up into the first round to get him. There are other teams needing a QB and they wont be shy about moving up in the draft

Las Vegas is in the process of extending Carr. He is off the table for the Colts.

It's a shame, because I like Carr, but I hate McPhatass, so I will be forced to direct all my negative energy toward Vegas!:eek:

Watson is going to Cleveland.

So the options are dwindling some. Either a trade for Mayfield or Jimmy G, or signing Mariotta or Winston, or just rolling with Ehlinger.

I think they'll get the Mayfield trade done, but it's not a very confident prediction.

Might toss Matty Ice in the conversation. He delayed his roster bonus until Monday for the Falcons. They didn't get the criminal, so not sure Ryan would want to stay after that. I wouldn't, but I would for what he is making :)