Looking through the contracts, there are only a couple that I am disappointed that we did not go after:

Calais Campbell for $15m a year and A.J. Bouye for $13.5m a year is just stupid money. They may be good but they will not live up to those numbers.

Kevin Zeitler for $12m a year is also stupid money.

Brandon Williams for $10.8m a year for a NT is stupid money.

Now, we start getting into the deals that I would have been somewhat interested in:

Tony Jefferson for $9m a year is a bit high but I might have pulled the trigger on that one.

Ron Leary for $8.750m a year is also a bit high but he would have been a great right OG for us.

Hey, look. Ben Ijalana got $5.5m a year to stay with the NYJ. Good for him.

Malcom Smith for $5.3m
Chris Baker for $5.250m
Stacy McGee for $5.0m
D.J. Swearinger for $4.5m

All guys who would have helped our defense a ton and were very reasonable.

I am not terribly happy with Ballard's first day. The punter is fine; his deal is for 2 years, $3.450m or $1.725m a year.

Mingo for $2.5m? For 35 tackles in the last 32 games? That is your big first day acquisition? Really?

Cheers,

But there were folks at reasonable prices that would have helped in that process.

And we did not even appear to be looking at them.

The transition can be swifter if you use ALL the tools at your disposal.

Cheers,

That's why you sign stopgaps to fill some of the holes and draft what you can.

You dont know he didn't try. There is a reason that FA's dont want to come here.... IMO. It's either the owner or the HC

Meh, I can't complain about Mingo, it's a low risk, potentially high reward signing. I do agree about going after guys like Jefferson, though.

Not possible, no one would go to the Jaguars or 49ers if that were the case.

Irsay and Pagano are not with either of those teams

Have we gotten to the point where puffing out our chest and saying, "We have Andrew Luck! " isn't good enough anymore? It's looking that way to me. I'm not upset, but I expect mediocrity until the defense is fixed.

They are the ones paying over the top money, of course players do that.

He stated he wanted to build through the draft which will take time. However I was expecting one big signing and some filler.