Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 227089)

The offensive line will improve just because Ryan doesn't hold on to the damn ball forever. It wouldn't surprise me if we end up with Fisher again at LT. If his price comes down I still see no reason he should make a jump in explosiveness this his second year after achilles surgery.

Reich should be able to open up the playbook with a veteran QB who can read defenses, is decisive and accurate. He will need more play makers, something that will come as no surprise to Ballard. It will be very interesting to see how Ballard goes about filling out the roster.

Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 227097)

I never said I wouldn't, at least as long as Ryan's arm isn't shot (and I would hope that Ballard made sure of that before the trade). It's really surprising ATL was willing to trade him for so little in return considering how much dead money they were hit with. Guessing they wanted to do Ryan a solid.

Also, things going even more to shit in Chicago after running Trubisky out of town along with Daboll wanting to bring Trubisky with him to NY points to the problem being Nagy.

Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 227098)

If we end up bringing back Fisher then that's probably fine. I just think leaving it up to Pryor/draft pick then it's not going to go well.

Originally Posted by rm1369 (Post 227106)

And of course the ACL injury takes longer to fully recover from.

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 227109)

Achilles wasn't it? Of course both used to be career-enders that guys now recover from remarkably quick.

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 227094)

I was honestly afraid we’d end up with Mariota but at the same time, I knew how good Ballard is.

This apparently has been in the works since the Falcons first looked into Watson. As soon as Ballard found out, he called Atlanta about Ryan. That’s how a pro works.

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish (Post 227074)

Ballard can't just draft a LT and hope he's the solution. Its win now mode.

Draft one and sign one.

Originally Posted by Chromeburn (Post 227117)

Might not have a choice. 16 million left, and they have to sign the draft class. Can’t afford a 20 million tackle. Unless they clear cap room somehow. Gonna be rookies at several spots.