Free Agents Discussion

[Puck]

Stephen Holder ✔ @HolderStephen
Colts to make a push for Josh Gordon Ballard is all in on this offense

11:46 AM - 9 Mar 2017

[Coltsalr]

Adam Schefter‏
G Ron Leary plans to sign with the Denver Broncos assuming no last-minute negotiating snags, per sources.

Take one off the board.

[Coltsalr]

Originally Posted by Puck

Stephen Holder ✔ @HolderStephen
Colts to make a push for Josh Gordon Ballard is all in on this offense

11:46 AM - 9 Mar 2017

Looks like that tweet got taken down?

[Wyatt]

@PatriotsHaven
The Titans will be the Patriots biggest competitor for Hightower. He'll command 11-13 mil per season. NE is expected to get chance to match.

[sherck]

Hmmm....Ballard's "you cannot buy a locker room" comment....

The offense is set with an identity (Luck) and is already a top offense. Adding veteran free agents to it to make it one of the best in the league (OG, WR1b, RB) will not change its overall identity and any veterans added will not become a dominate voice on that squad with veterans like Luck, Gore, Stanzo, Hilton and Doyle in the house.

However, on defense, there are no veteran voices anymore except for Vontae Davis and lesser starters like Robinson, Jones, Langford and perhaps Butler if we re-sign him. Any high priced veteran we sign (especially at LB) will instantly become a leader on the defense and shape how that squad grows.

Right or wrong, I wonder how much of that mindset is playing into Ballard's free agency strategy?

I wonder if his "you cannot buy a locker room" comment will lead him to not bring in veteran defensive talent and instead insist that we "grow" that talent through the draft over the next two or three years?

Other than Poe, I have not seen us linked to many defensive free agents at all.

Something to think about. With a top 3 offense and a defense that climbs to average, we probably win the division.

Cheers,

[Coltsalr]

Originally Posted by Wyatt

@PatriotsHaven
The Titans will be the Patriots biggest competitor for Hightower. He'll command 11-13 mil per season. NE is expected to get chance to match.

We apparently can't be bothered.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by sherck

Hmmm....Ballard's "you cannot buy a locker room" comment....

The offense is set with an identity (Luck) and is already a top offense. Adding veteran free agents to it to make it one of the best in the league (OG, WR1b, RB) will not change its overall identity and any veterans added will not become a dominate voice on that squad with veterans like Luck, Gore, Stanzo, Hilton and Doyle in the house.

However, on defense, there are no veteran voices anymore except for Vontae Davis and lesser starters like Robinson, Jones, Langford and perhaps Butler if we re-sign him. Any high priced veteran we sign (especially at LB) will instantly become a leader on the defense and shape how that squad grows.

Right or wrong, I wonder how much of that mindset is playing into Ballard's free agency strategy?

I wonder if his "you cannot buy a locker room" comment will lead him to not bring in veteran defensive talent and instead insist that we "grow" that talent through the draft over the next two or three years?

Other than Poe, I have not seen us linked to many defensive free agents at all.

Something to think about. With a top 3 offense and a defense that climbs to becomes average, we probably win the division.

Cheers,

we are linked to Chris Baker and now Conner Barwin

[Puck]

Meaning out of Washington I believe

Stephen Holder ✔ @HolderStephen
Means Redskins DT Chris Baker likely headed elsewhere. College teammate and close friend of Kendall Langford. https://twitter.com/MikeJonesWaPo/status/839887048140013568 …

[sherck]

Originally Posted by Puck

we are linked to Chris Baker and now Conner Barwin

Yeah, I have seen the Chris Baker notes. He would be a good addition. However, of any position group on defense, our DE position with Jones, Langford, Anderson, Ridgeway and McGill is about the strongest on that side of the ball. Adding a veteran there would still not change the identity of that squad.

I saw Barwin but dismissed it because he does not fit the profile. He has played as a 4-3 DE for the past 4 years in PHI, he is already 30 years old and his production is declining.

Cheers,

[Coltsalr]

Ian Rapoport‏ @RapSheet
The #Jaguars are closing in on a deal for former #Texans CB AJ Bouye, per @JamesPalmerTV and me. They are bringing it.

Rotoworld Football @Rotoworld_FB
Report: Bucs favorites to land FA Chris Baker


Are we gonna get ANYONE?