So....thoughts of trading up for the #1 pick?

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by JAFF

He is short, has great feet, has an accurate arm. He does well with roll out pass plays to get vision. Older, smarter than most rookies. Nah,nothing like Wilson. BTW Wilson was 23 when drafted.

Those three years are a massive difference when talking about a rookie QB.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Those three years are a massive difference when talking about a rookie QB.

More experience, not a bad thing.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by JAFF

More experience, not a bad thing.

Fran Tarkington and Joe Thiesmann were both 6 foot (allegedly)....Somebody will take him for sure, and I think he may do very well! I don't think we will, but if we decide to draft for another position with our #1, I say pick him!

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by JAFF

More experience, not a bad thing.

Russell Wilson had more starting experience coming out of college.

[apballin]

Ballard doesn’t draft short guys.

Polian was able to draft whoever he wanted because he had Peyton Manning

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Let me be Ballard for a minute:

Matt Pryor is going to be our WR1 in 2023

This is of course said in a raspy somewhat southern drawl with a nice concentration of sarcasm intended to serve notice to his haters that he had a plan all along- you / we, we were just too stupid to not see his genius until it all unfolded.

My turn to play Ballard.

Don't be fucking ridiculous. Pryor will remain as our backup swing linemen and compete with Raimann for the starting LT position. He's just so versatile and has such great traits. Sure he didn't successfully block a single defender this entire season, but we're positive he'll get back to his old form where he played ok in 1 start at LT in '21.

As for the WR room, we really like what we have. Sure none of them outside of MPJ have produced much at this level, but they all have such great traits! If we end up trading MPJ then no doubt Pierce will easily transition to our WR1 and we're expecting him to triple his production.

Now that he's healthy Paris Campbell showed how good of a WR he can be. We'll definitely be re-signing and fully relying on him next year, b/c despite the fact that he got hurt every single time he stepped on the field his first 3 years in the league he proved last year that he's not injury prone and will never, ever get hurt again.

As for the rest of the group. I'm just going to assume that someone else is going to make the big leap from being a STer or healthy scratch to a full time WR3 without any problem. This has happened so many times for us in the past, how could it not happen again?

Also, let's not forget about the draft. I fully plan on using at least 1 if not 2 late round draft picks on a WR or 2 who didn't really produce much in college but have outstanding traits. I know this has yet to produce a WR who has really produced much on the field, but trust me it'll work this year.

Oh and BTW: since I'm having to spend so much time once again on the WR room the OL is still going to suck. Hope you media types are happy.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by apballin

Ballard doesn’t draft short guys.

Polian was able to draft whoever he wanted because he had Peyton Manning

I think it was more that Polian (and Tobin) knew that there was more to being a good football player than height, arm span, and 40 times. And good thing they did b/c there were a lot of great players they drafted or signed as FAs/UDFAs that Ballard probably wouldn't have even considered such as:

Marvin Harrison - Too short
Jeff Saturday - Arms too short
Reggie Wayne - Probably too short, too slow of a 40 time
Dwight Freeney - Too short
Robert Mathis - Too short
Bob Sanders - Too short
Gary Brackett - Too short

[Chromeburn]

I think the pick is Levis with the backup being Richardson. They might not be as ready now but in two years they could be as advanced as young with more survivable size. I would be afraid to draft Young after watching Tua this year. You get hit in this league and you get hurt, it’s inevitable. Looks like Stroud is staying unless he announces at the 11th hour.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

My turn to play Ballard.

Don't be fucking ridiculous. Pryor will remain as our backup swing linemen and compete with Raimann for the starting LT position. He's just so versatile and has such great traits. Sure he didn't successfully block a single defender this entire season, but we're positive he'll get back to his old form where he played ok in 1 start at LT in '21.

As for the WR room, we really like what we have. Sure none of them outside of MPJ have produced much at this level, but they all have such great traits! If we end up trading MPJ then no doubt Pierce will easily transition to our WR1 and we're expecting him to triple his production.

Now that he's healthy Paris Campbell showed how good of a WR he can be. We'll definitely be re-signing and fully relying on him next year, b/c despite the fact that he got hurt every single time he stepped on the field his first 3 years in the league he proved last year that he's not injury prone and will never, ever get hurt again.

As for the rest of the group. I'm just going to assume that someone else is going to make the big leap from being a STer or healthy scratch to a full time WR3 without any problem. This has happened so many times for us in the past, how could it not happen again?

Also, let's not forget about the draft. I fully plan on using at least 1 if not 2 late round draft picks on a WR or 2 who didn't really produce much in college but have outstanding traits. I know this has yet to produce a WR who has really produced much on the field, but trust me it'll work this year.

Oh and BTW: since I'm having to spend so much time once again on the WR room the OL is still going to suck. Hope you media types are happy.

Exactly!

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

I think it was more that Polian (and Tobin) knew that there was more to being a good football player than height, arm span, and 40 times. And good thing they did b/c there were a lot of great players they drafted or signed as FAs/UDFAs that Ballard probably wouldn't have even considered such as:

Marvin Harrison - Too short
Jeff Saturday - Arms too short
Reggie Wayne - Probably too short, too slow of a 40 time
Dwight Freeney - Too short
Robert Mathis - Too short
Bob Sanders - Too short
Gary Brackett - Too short

And yet, a sizable portion of this board, for some reason, despite 6 years of fucking evidence, believes this guy is good and needs to be here for us to achieve success.

He sucks!