Colts supposedly in "strong pursuit" of WR Tyrell Williams
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2...insider-notes/
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I don't see how Ballard would even briefly consider paying Williams $12 million per year. No chance. |
I actually believe it.
The WR market $ wise is higher than many seem to think. TY makes 15 mil this year.
12 mil is a little high IMO, but I can/do see Ballard chasing him. Most likely trying to sell the organisation's lock room, and uptrend, as selling points to bring his price down some. |
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I saw that, too, and figured that his "source" was the Colt's ~$100MM in cap space. |
He also could just be speculating. The “I reckon” part of it makes it a very awkwardly worded sentence.
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i dont doubt that ballard is looking at williams because he does due dilignece. |
I could see this being another Anthony Hitchens situation where Ballard is interested but not at anywhere near that price point.
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I think I'd rather go with Humphries and grab one of the bigger receivers at 59 or 90. I think you can get what Williams would've gotten you without paying the extra $$. |
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I'm sure they want Williams, Reich and Sirianni both have a former team connection here, so there's already intel in the building on the player. I highly doubt they want him at $12 million per year, however.
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I expect he will try to sign a few top guys like he has the past two years. The difference is Luck is healthy and guys will listen. Then he will try to find up and comers for a good bargain. |
I would not be happy with this signing at $12M a year for a WR
Would rather just wait and see how the current group and draft goes than do that. Better to spend that money on the D. This seems more like the type of signing Grigson would have made. The thinking of "We are on the cusp and have lots of cap space, so lets buy up whatever potential talent at whatever questionable price" is what he did. |
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https://overthecap.com/position/wide-receiver/ You can always draft a guy like Miles Boykin, Hakeem Butler, Jazz Ferguson, but receiver has a high learning curve. Will he contribute this upcoming year? I would rather draft a route runner and smooth receiver like Deebo Samuel than gamble on one of the tall guys coming out. The Raiders are interested also. See if they throw money at him and he takes it. He might want to stay out west even though they are in a serious rebuild. |
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Yes, i'd rather have Humphries at 8 over Williams at 12. I'd even still rather give up our 1st round pick for OBJ. But I just think that kind of talent is generational, and OBJ/TY/Ebron/Doyle With our o-line, Luck, and Mack, would be the #1 O in the NFL. |
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But WR is a definite need also. And with the extra cap space, and 3 top 60 picks,...we can afford to get someone at WR, and focus the rest on D. |
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But can you blame most Colt fans? Most became fans because of Peyton's led Colts and that high scoring offense. Spending constant first round picks on weapons, quite a few of which failed. Even with so much scoring now, the SB still came down to defense. That and Sean McKay's ego and his inability to develop multiple contingency gameplans. |
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OBJ is hurt a lot. When he's healthy and not having a slap fight with CBs covering him he's a generational talent. But he's missed too many games to give up picks and lots of cap for him. We don't need him to be a great team.
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Yes, we can say that about any one player. The big difference for OBJ specifically is that he checks about every negative box. - Injuries - Questionable locker room fit (whether or not you think this is important, Ballard does) - Loss of picks - Big cap dollars - We have an elite QB that can elevate his WRs Mid-tier QBs with middling offensive coaches need superstar WRs. Superstar QBs like Luck do still need weapons, but they don't need the best talent in the NFL in order to play at the highest levels. Especially with a coach like Reich in place, who is a strong offensive planner and is already a HC, so there's no threat of the OC leaving and a new system being implemented. No denying OBJ is a great player but the risks involved with bringing him in are not worth it IMO. |
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Hence where a lot of the "we need a receiver more than anything" stuff comes from ie: we need the second coming of Reggie Wayne in order to be successful. |
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Ballard and Reich both have stated that yes, they would indeed get a big personality player, on a big contract, if it was the right fit. I can't think of a better fit, offensively, than OBJ. Defense is something entirely different, and we do have serious needs there. But if we can lock down our entire offense for the foreseeable future, and only have one side of the ball to have to focus on for the future,...why not do it? And our defense isn't bad right now either. It was top ten by the end of the year. They really picked up as the season progressed. We need a couple pass rushers, and some depth, (or stand-out) in the DB area. Injury is an issue, I agree. But how less often do you think he'll get injured if he's not forced on every snap to fight off double coverage? With T.Y., and Ebron, and Doyle, teams can't focus on doubling him. 1-1 match-ups vrs OBJ?,...I'd take that every day, and 2ce on Sundays. :) |
Re: OBJ, you can debate the merits of trading for him, but I just don't think there's a remote possibility Ballard would pay what it would take, so it's a non-starter for me.
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