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Originally Posted by rm1369
Without trading up is the qualifier. That’s what Ballard is scared to do. He’s basically said it could cost him his job if he did it and missed. So serious question - where was the QB supposed to come from if you never trade up but have a decent roster otherwise. You don’t bottom out to get a top guy. You simply wait and hope to get lucky. That’s shitty team management considering it’s the single most important position in sports.
Ballard passed on Hurts and he’s better than the team has. And I advocated in 2020 to do whatever necessary to go get someone, and I said if you didn’t like one of them then they needed to trade one of their seconds for a future first to have ammunition in 2021 to go get their guy. The idea Ballard couldn’t do more than he’s done or that he’s even managed it reasonably well is BS.
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Now, come on...Ballard never said he was scared to draft a QB. Please cite to this source if you think he said anything close to this. I recall him saying that he won't pick a QB just to get the media off his back, because the media would love him at first, but over the long term making decisions just to please the media or fan base is a good way to lose your job. But that's nowhere close to saying he's scared to pick a QB. It's absurd to suggest this.