Kenny Moore to be traded

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

My point was we lack depth because we have drafted poorly. Period. Not sure how this relates to that except that this is obviously a reaction to poor drafting.

In 2023, the Colts had 3 DEs and 4 players with 8+ sacks. After that season, if the team had the opportunity to acquire Micah Parsons for some sort of reasonable cost, would you have wanted them to do it? I would. That doesn't mean the players that the team had didn't play at a starting caliber level, it means that the player who was available was so elite that it would be foolish to pass him up.

[Mr. Session]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Not sure who you blame for an atmosphere that allows Rogers to do what he did, but it is a blight on the team that we had a dude betting on games. .

BINGO

Draw the line somewhere. That's Roger's fucking fault, not ours.

I really liked his game but fuck that guy.

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

In 2023, the Colts had 3 DEs and 4 players with 8+ sacks. After that season, if the team had the opportunity to acquire Micah Parsons for some sort of reasonable cost, would you have wanted them to do it? I would. That doesn't mean the players that the team had didn't play at a starting caliber level, it means that the player who was available was so elite that it would be foolish to pass him up.

This is a different argument. We needed Parsons for the same reason we needed Sauce, Ballard has struck out on drafting pass rushers. Once we recognize we aren't going to get players through the draft then I guess building the team thru trades and free agency is the only option left. With the cuphoard as bare as is for us trading for Parsons or signing Hendrickson make sense, but only because of our inability to draft difference makers on defense. So while I agree with you considering the circumstances we are in I want whomever is responsible for putting us in those circumstances gone.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

Replacing a decent starter with an All-Pro is something I would do 10 times out of 10, especially if all it costs is money like Ward. The Sauce trade was likely a bit of an overpay, but the player is elite. Sitting behind Sauce and Ward as a boundary CB isn't an indictment of Jaylon Jones's abilities, it's evidence of the team investing heavily in the position.

Your argument would hold merit if Jones had been right behind Ward and later Sauce on the depth chart, but he was burried on it behind guys like Edwards, Blackmon, and Lammons. And the fact that you think Rodgers, Thomas, and Jones were home runs is completely laughable.

Probably the most telling stat on Ballard's ability to draft DBs is that in 9 years we've signed a whopping 1 DB who was drafted by him past his rookie contract, and that was a low level contract to Julian Blackmon for 1 year who we let walk the following year. And it's not that we've lost anyone of his drafted DBs in a bidding war as we've lost a total of 0 to high end contracts that we were outbid on or couldn't afford.