Colts sign Matt Slauson

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by rm1369

This is year two and it seems pretty obvious Ballard isn’t attempting to compete next year. By your own description of his process that is plainly clear. So is next year the magical year where he will be willing to use all of the cap flexibility he’s maintained at the expense of building a team and protecting his QB? I guess we’ll see but I’m pretty damn skeptical. I’m guessing we hear the same mantra next off season since we are going to still have tons of holes to fill and we won’t really know what we have in this years crop of rookies yet. Biggest jump in performance is typically between year one and two right? So we have to be patient and see what these guys become before we start throwing around cap space and actually signing guys.

I don’t understand why everyone that defends Ballard’s plan is so against admitting it’s a 3-4 year plan before they are truly competitive. I mean we are in year 2 and the roster is full of holes that will be manned next year by rookies. How can that not be a 3-4 year plan? If you agree with the method why can’t you admit what it is?

I disagree. Just because his transformation of the team won't be complete this year does not mean he doesn't intend to compete. As we all know from the Manning years, having a premier QB means that you're never far from competing. But I think he believes its in the long term interest of the team to implement his plan. You call it arrogance and say you don't care about whether it takes guts or not - I say it's strong leadership and admire his belief in himself. Quite frankly, in my view this is the type of person you want to run your franchise. You become the Redskins by taking a fan's-eye approach to free agency.