Ballard

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Well said, and Ballard certainly has his good points. He's really good at drafting RBs and LBs, manages the cap well, and seems to have a great scouting and draft board process. But also has his weaknesses. And his biggest weakness, which is his reluctance to fill team needs with anything other than development players or draft picks, has been on full display so far this season. The fact that we're not better than last year at a single position group is a total failure on his part.

I would like to know when exactly is Ballard going to try to move up in the draft and get the next "Franchise" QB, or are we Colt fans doomed to watch old, almost washed up, former almost HOFers. The QB situation on the Colts is at best poor, Ballard needs to make a move this year, or this will be groundhogs day for years.

[dwilli57]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

Well said, and Ballard certainly has his good points. He's really good at drafting RBs and LBs, manages the cap well, and seems to have a great scouting and draft board process. But also has his weaknesses. And his biggest weakness, which is his reluctance to fill team needs with anything other than development players or draft picks, has been on full display so far this season. The fact that we're not better than last year at a single position group is a total failure on his part.

I'm with you on this. I'm too old to have a good memory and may be wrong on this but wasn't Justin Herbert an option when he was drafted? I seem to remember saying "take him, TAKE him, TAKE HIM!!!" only to have him trade that away for multiple draft picks that likely got us nothing.

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by dwilli57

I'm with you on this. I'm too old to have a good memory and may be wrong on this but wasn't Justin Herbert an option when he was drafted? I seem to remember saying "take him, TAKE him, TAKE HIM!!!" only to have him trade that away for multiple draft picks that likely got us nothing.

Herbert was taken at #6 by LAC. We traded the #13 pick for Buckner, so our first pick was Pittman at #34. Then we got Taylor at #41.