Listening to a lot of different radio today, man it sounds like there is enough smoke that there is some form of fire re: his lack of professionalism.
If that is the case, if this dude has not been carrying the weight he is mandated to as the #4 pick, well that changes absolutely everything; they have NO CHOICE but to step in and shut him down in this instance in fairness to the remaining 52 dudes.
That said, that should without pause be a sledgehammer to Ballard's grill- GONE. Say what you want about how Irsay and Steichen having signed off on the risks of AR, this part of the evaluation is 100% on Ballard's report card. No way Steichen or Irsay even entertain talking to AR without Ballard doing what he is supposed to do as the GM- due diligence and report back to them that they should sign off on this guy because he hits all the marks. Acting on the premise that it's true, that AR is more Jamarcus than Manning- then AR is a fucking con and Ballard was his mark.
If that's true, how in the fuck do you let Ballard swipe his badge at the door tomorrow morning?
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