To add my .02 on the Ballard vs. Grigson debate - there's no question Ballard is head and shoulders a better GM than Grigson.
Grigson had a great offseason in 2012, but after that he was nothing shy of god awful. Maybe it was b/c Telesco left and/or took some really good people with him that Grigson couldn't adequately backfill, or maybe it was due to something else. But Grigson and his FO were terrible at talent evaluation from '13 on. He had entire drafts where not a single player made it past their rookie contract in the NFL. I'm sure there are some things that Grigson does well since he's risen through the ranks twice now (he's Assistant GM in Minny now), but there's no doubt he did a shitty job here.
Ballard on the other hand has always been a good at talent evaluation (at least at most positions) and a good drafter. His big problem has always been his lack of urgency and his split philosophy between 2020-2022 where he brought in win now QBs, but continued to slow build the rest of the roster. This led to some huge, gaping holes on the roster for those years. Glad to see that his slow building is all coming together though. Also, he does seem to have become a more complete GM over the past 1-2 years as he now factors in more things that just traits in his draft picks (no way Ballard from a couple of years ago would have drafted Warren) and has seemingly gotten over his phobia of premiere FAs.
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