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[ColtBlue]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

Didn't make an effort? Jalen Hurts was the 5th QB taken in the 2020 draft. We took Jacob Eason as the 6th QB taken in the 2020 draft. Before that, we drafted Michael Pittman, Jonathan Taylor, and Julian Blackmon. A lot of people said we had the best draft that year.

A month before the draft he brought Philip Rivers in.

Best QB besides a Injured Luck..

[ColtBlue]

Rivers said he moved on cause Colts never said or showed interest. Now what is true?

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Luck4Reich

Jalen Hurts was available and Ballard passed on him. Yeah hindsight is 2020 but Ballard didn't even seem to make an effort at getting a QB. Also ironic that Hurts is being coached by the guy that use to be our offensive coordinator that got more out of our current offense.

Hard to not point fingers at Ballard and Reich..

Imagine the Eagles go on to win the SB...

That would be what twice in a decade that our Assistant coach goes on to be the winning SB coach within a decade.

Jalen Hurts? You're joking, right? This is a joke? That's the only explanation that makes sense. The Eagles put an incredible amount of talent around Jalen Hurts to make him look as good as he has. A.J. Brown has half of Hurts's passing TDs and is on pace for 1,600 receiving yards. DeVonta Smith is his #2 WR, which is almost as good as when Reggie Wayne was the Colts #2 WR, then there's the freakishly large and fast Dallas Goedert at TE, who also projects to a career year, and let's not forget the oft-injured Miles Sanders approaching a career high in carries after 8 games and not missing any time this season. If this was Jalen Hurts's second season starting for the Colts, you'd be calling for Ballard's head for drafting him, with good reason.

This Ehlinger experiment they're purporting to believe makes the team "the most competitive" is likely a calculated risk of throwing away this season in an attempt to get the draft capital to acquire a franchise QB, most likely through the draft. It would look much the same if the name on the back of the jersey was Hurts instead of Ehlinger.