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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
That's completely unrealistic. Basically, you are saying "yeah well you should have traded up for 1 of the 4 successful QBs out of the 30 available." No one can live up to that standard. Plus the Dolphins and Chargers wanted those QBs, they had deals in place with the Lions and Giants if anyone tried to leapfrog them. You wouldn't be able to outbid them, there is a cap on how much you can offer. Everyone passed on Hurts bc he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. And Fields maybe if they hadn't traded for Wentz who, if he worked out, would be a franchise QB.
He does have a plan, keep looking till you find one. Would it be better to have kept Brisset for several years?
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There is nothing unique here. Every team looking for a QB is faced with the same dilemmas. To me that is literally the job for the GM of a rebuilding team. I’m not suggesting it’s easy by any means. You are pointing out how hard it is while saying the plan is to luck into a franchise guy falling to them that everyone else misses. I’m sorry, I don’t follow the logic. The way I see it you have three legit options: tank and earn a high enough pick to draft one, pay the price to move up to get one, or build the team around a mediocre vet and build up the supporting cast to help him. Ballard has done none of the three. He gets Rivers but doesn’t go in on the rest of the roster (especially WR) and then doesn’t want him back for a 2nd year. He gets Ryan then rolls the dice at LT, RG, WR, and TE. He hit at WR, but missed on the others. TE will be good in the future - a common theme. He can’t even find an average guy worthy of building around, so everything else becomes irrelevant. Buckner, JT, Grover, Okereke, Leonard, etc all waisted because he’s trying to half ass the most important position in sports.
The issue isn’t that Ballard hasn’t magically found a franchise QB, it’s that he has no logical plan to win given the teams current circumstances. Wait until something falls in our lap is not an acceptable plan. Pacers destroyed their entire fan base using the same philosophy. Ballard’s Colts are well on their way.
And can I ask what is unrealistic about not taking 3-4 years to address WR and LT? Maybe one of their attempts at lucking out with someone else’s cast off would have worked if there was a better supporting cast. Rivers and Ryan both may have been good enough given enough support.
I’m curious, how long is to long on the QB carousel before you think they need to try something different?