Henry Anderson traded to the Jets

[Colt37]

Originally Posted by Spike

According to who was Braden the 7th best interior lineman?

What about being able to run the ball? Colts got real fucking nasty on the O-line.

It was either NFL.com or CBS.
Nelson was the undisputed #1.
Then after Nelson there were several C/Gs ranked higher.... Frank Ragnow, James Daniels and Billy Price.

Then pure guards that were ranked higher....
Isiah Wynn, Will Hernendez and then Braden Smith. But Austin Corbett was ranked around Smith and he was taken in the 1st, so we gotta trust our coaches evaluations.

7th ranked is a fair assestment, even if he could end up beong the 2nd or 3rd best after Nelson.

The ranking doesnt bother me as much as the strategy. We have a mean offensive line now, minus a quality RT. But we could have gotten better players with those 2nd round picks.

Every pick in the 2nd round felt like a reach. Turay could end up being special but the kid has already had 2 shoulder surgeries. Is that what we really need? Another frequently injured player?

Leonard is okay, but we could have probably gotten him with one of the later 2nd rd picks.

I am picking up on lip service by Ballard. He was high on having players compete. He was high on Matt Jones just recently. Yet he cut Matt Jones today. Why, because we drafted Hines? What happened to that competition motto?

Ballard is signing free agents he falls in love with, gets bored of them after playing with them for 1 year and then cuts them and gives excuses like "didnt fit the new system".

This is going to have even more blowback in free agency. We were quite in free agency bc no player wants to sign with a whimsical GM. Ballard didnt turn into Polian over night after a quite free agency.... he got snubbed by all the good ones we went after. Thats my opinon and im sticking to it.