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Originally Posted by rm1369
Maybe someone can help me out and explain why it makes perfect sense to “overpay” in the draft for a guard at #6 but it’s not OK to overpay for a known commodity at guard in free agency. It’s a serious question because last night I was told I was to stupid to respond to because I value a high draft pick more than cap space on a team lacking talent but with loads of cap space. With the current lack of talent on the team I don’t see players being cap casualties anytime soon because you over paid for a top young guard in free agency (Norwell or Pugh), but I see the selection of Nelson immediately costing the team a defensive anchor. Seriously - what the hell am I missing?
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I completely get where you're coming from, but you're looking too micro here. You're evaluating this from a 2018 perspective, but Ballard isn't.
Ballard has a three year strategy of building through the draft. He has said that he wants to draft the foundation of this roster before supplementing through free agency. It isn't necessarily right or wrong, but it's his strategy and we can't just do a simple evaluation of transactions and how they affect the 2018 team. For example, he could come out in 2020 UFA and sign a stud 27 year-old free agent because of the decisions made in 2018. Spending that cap space now would make the Colts better. Spending that cap space in 2020 could make the difference in elevating the Colts from a contender to a championship.