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Originally Posted by CletusPyle
Hard to imagine anyone being worse than Ryan...like I said that is hindsight, at the time I was hoping for Derek Carr, not sure if the Colts even pursued him. All I know is anyone with any skills of evaluating talent could see Ryan was finished but yet we handed over millions to him and set our team back in the process. I can basically name anyone that was available or could have been traded for and say with confidence they would have been better than Ryan!
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Well, you said it... that's hindsight. Literally (figuratively) everyone was galvanized into picking the Colts to win the division + do damage in the playoffs after the Ryan signing. The other options were uninspiring.
His arm wasn't very strong, but I think most realized that. He could still make enough throws to be affective. What nobody saw coming was the catastrophic ball security. Four fumbles in Week 1 and it never stopped.
Couple that with an OL that we also didn't expect would have to panic shuffle like it did and not only is Ryan getting pressured too much... he's turning it into worst case scenarios with turnovers.