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Originally Posted by IndyNorm
Too bad all of that extra RAS goodness hasn't led to any better actual results than what Minshew has produced in his career.
Kelly was just an example. We have a plethora of needs and not a ton of cap space left, which as discussed in the other thread is ~$12M+whatever we saved from Smith's restructure. $4M will have to go to the draft class and another ~$8M for the practice squad and roster churn (per an old Sherck post). So we're looking at maybe ~$10M left for FAs.
I wouldn't even say it was a good year. More like an ok year w/ 1 really good playoff game in the wild card round (he sucked in the division round). And yes I agree that he isn't franchise QB material, but some people on here are acting like he is which is why I made the comment.
I do think that if AR doesn't pan out this year but Jones ends up having a Darnoldesque turnaround year that he would save Ballard's and Steichen's jobs. Which I'm sure is one reason why Ballard signed him. I don't think Jones has it in him, but if he proves me wrong then I'll certainly happy to admit it.
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I think Ballard wanted a guy to push AR, to compete with him. I don’t think they wanted a guy who was obviously better than AR, but a guy with talent who could at least conceivably take the job.
They still see AR as the future, they just want him to have to compete.
Thats just my opinion, based on what they’ve said and their actions.