[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by MeSayDayo

Well what would you do if you were a GM making millions in the NFL working for a team in QB purgatory?

Take a stupid swing at a QB that isn't worth it and you're gone in 3 years instead of the six that Ballard has managed to pull off. He knew that the second Luck retired and found ways to prove his value just enough while treading water.

What really fucked everything up was Q, Leonard, Smith, Taylor, and Pittman ALL playing above where they were drafted (And that's saying a lot for Q who was #6 overall for a G). Paying Smith was justified at the time, and the same goes for Leonard and Nelson. He absolutely had to pay them, and they earned it.
How could anyone have forecasted the obscene regression from almost everyone on O? None of us did, nobody in the media did, and I don't think the coaches did either. If the line was that bad wouldn't we have heard more chatter in the preseason? I would like to believe that Ballard or Grigson or my 6 year old daughter would have made a move before the season if they foresaw the line being this big of a dumpster fire.
Hell we could have traded Leonard for a LT straight up before the season started.
Now we are saddled with Shaq's payday and mental health tweets for the next full season before it actually becomes feasible to dump him. Don't get me wrong- he has been an unbelievably productive player for us...but something never sat right with me having our 225 pound linebacker making 130 tackles a season. At some point, that Hyundai was gonna break down.

As for the other guys- I think we will get Smith and Q on track and they will stick around. Kelly has pretty well played himself off the team- and it sucks because of the shit he has had to endure- but I have full confidence that a change of scenery will actually do wonders for him and his wife, and he could have a nice ending to his career with another team. Total trade candidate there for us.

Hines? Yah we kinda fucked that one up too- Not worth the contract, incredibly replaceable player...glad we got something for him and someone that would take his shitty contract.

im not so mad about the qb situation as i am always having the same major issues and always having a ton of cap space. i have no interest in winning the most cap in the nfl award.