Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 333201)

I supported Ballard for the first 7 years he was gm. I finally got sick of mediocre QB play and holes in the team he was unwilling to fill because he would only use the draft to build a team. He has blown me out of the water this last year and has done everything I was pissed he never did before. Starting with actually fixing the backfield with of all things free agency and a trade for the ages. He has been a genius drafting offensive lineman, absolutely incredible what he has done there. When Luck retired I remember Ballard saying you don't need a franchise QB to win if you have a good well rounded team. Well I thought that made sense then and now we are about to put it to a real test. He took a swing with AR (unlike most of you I think that story hasn't fully played out yet-i believe that sitting behind a well run and functioning team is exactly what this young man needs) then finally found an adequate QB (again in my mind the fact that Jones and Steichen are on the same page is huge). This is such a radical change I have to give huge props to our new owners, no way they didn't have s huge hand in doing this. First time in many years I actually believe we are in the hunt. Loving this as we are finally using everything available to build. Ballard will be here a long time and I couldn't be more happy about it.

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles (Post 333300)

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I'm glad that you overcame pancreatic cancer ...... like yourself, I didn't know that there was a "good kind", I was only aware of the one in which is almost always a death-sentence for the patient (less than 10% of pancreatic cancer patients are still alive 5 years after being diagnosed.)

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 333201)

I supported Ballard for the first 7 years he was team's GM. I finally got sick of mediocre QB play and holes in the team he was unwilling to fill because he would only use the draft to build a team. He has blown me out of the water this last year and has done everything I was pissed he never did before. Starting with actually fixing the backfield with of all things free agency and a trade for the ages. He has been a genius drafting offensive lineman, absolutely incredible what he has done there. When Luck retired I remember Ballard saying you don't need a franchise QB to win if you have a good well rounded team. Well I thought that made sense then and now we are about to put it to a real test. He took a swing with AR (unlike most of you I think that story hasn't fully played out yet-i believe that sitting behind a well run and functioning team is exactly what this young man needs) then finally found an adequate QB (again in my mind the fact that Jones and Steichen are on the same page is huge.) This is such a radical change ...... I have to give huge props to our new owners, no way they didn't have a huge hand in doing this. First time in many years I actually believe we are in the hunt. I'm loving this, as we are finally using everything available to build. Ballard will be here for a long time, and I couldn't be more happy about it.