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09-03-2023, 10:52 AM
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In this specific case, given the brand new 1st year coach, I would say it is a negative because there isn't yet a culture and young players can easily fall away in tough times with no senior guys to keep them on track. That said I could also see Steichen wanting to press the restart button and start completely new and not have anything stand in his way of building his team based on his protocols. Which could be a mistake, we're 7 days from beginning to find out. In terms of blame, hell yeah there's blame here on Ballard. As OldColt noted, he is a notorious traits chaser and when those dudes don't pan out, well they are OUT of the league in a hurry because this league is built on the back of football players and real GMs and coaching staffs reward football players for doing what they were hired to do, which is not run against stop watches or jump against a measuring stick! Beyond the drafting though, you also have to look at FA and again, this dude just fucking hates FA. Whatever fucking calculator he uses, it's different than the brand the rest of the entire fucking league uses. Again, he is obsessed with athletes, generally speaking the older FA vets aren't the super freak athletes, they are the dawgs, the guys who fill the holes and glue teams together. These are men that carry pride in what they do and fill their locker rooms with that professionalism. This fucker clearly doesn't believe that is a thing. Still, no idea WHAT he does that anyone thinks he is good at? 
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09-03-2023, 12:12 PM
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Alright so then that raises the question of what's become of Ballard's first draft:
Malik Hooker - Currently starter for Dallas Quincy Wilson - bounced around after 3 years in Indy, out of football Tarell Basham - also bounced around, was just cut by Bengals last week Zach Banner - again bounced around, was a fan fave in Pittsburgh. not on a team Marlon Mack - he might still be in Indy if we hadn't drafted JT. He was potentially going to be a contributor in AZ this year but ended up on IR with achilles. Sucks for him, was a good pick. Grover Stewart - starting DT still for Colts Nate Hairston - bounced around a lot, was just cut last week by AZ Anthony Walker - starter in Cleveland, we could've re-signed him but we've had an embarrassment of riches at the LB position Every single one of those guys had multi-year careers in the NFL. That's an impressive draft in and of itself. That 3 of them are current starters, and 1 could've been (Mack) if not for injury, is even more impressive. Just for fun let's check Ballard's 2nd draft: Quenton Nelson - all pro and still current Colts starter Darius Leonard - recent injuries notwithstanding, has been essentially best LB in the game Braden Smith - still current Colts starter Kemoko Turay - Atlanta practice squad Tyquan Lewis - still in the Colts DE rotation Nyheim Hines - solid contributor, traded to Buffalo, injured Daurice Fountain - camp cut by Bears, signed to Lions PS Jordan Wilkins - bounced around, camp cut by Browns (we should probably sign him if JT isn't playing) Deon Cain - injuries derailed time in indy, recently cut in Philly Matthew Adams - on Browns roster Zaire Franklin - Colts starter They're all still on rosters except Wilkins, who might still get picked up somewhere. 4 are still starting for Colts, with a 5th still getting significant snaps. These are pretty good drafts that really have one major flaw, no skill position players still on the team. edit: Ballard's 3rd draft was pretty bad. Speed is the only left on the team. and I think Rock Ya-Sin is the only other one still playing. Last edited by HoosierinFL; 09-03-2023 at 12:19 PM.
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09-03-2023, 06:46 PM
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