Ballard Earning Your Trust Yet?

[GoBigBlue88]

Originally Posted by Indiana V2

Things look to be improving, but it takes more than a couple games to earn my trust, as last year did nothing for me.

This is where I'm at too.

I'll never buy in to the Nelson pick (to be clear: Nelson looks to be as advertised and fantastic, but offensive guard at 6 in a total rebuild still makes zero sense to me), but signs are generally pointing up around the franchise.

But need greater sample size still. Maybe the Redskins are just really really bad. That's the danger of being too high or too low on your team after one game early in the season.

[sherck]

Originally Posted by GoBigBlue88

This is where I'm at too.

I'll never buy in to the Nelson pick (to be clear: Nelson looks to be as advertised and fantastic, but offensive guard at 6 in a total rebuild still makes zero sense to me), but signs are generally pointing up around the franchise.

But need greater sample size still. Maybe the Redskins are just really really bad. That's the danger of being too high or too low on your team after one game early in the season.

I think we will know more playing the Eagles next week.

Sure, they ran into some Fitzmagic today and lost but they are a good, complete team that will win double digits this season and be in the running for a first round bye in the NFC. How we stack up against them will be interesting.

Walk Worthy,

[DrSpaceman]

I have a much more positive opinion now than I did during the preseason.

I still think he could have spent money to find a right tackle and do more for the OL though. I also think he should have kept Melvin, you can never have too many good corners and the money was there to use. And its not like this is a stellar group of corners to begin with. They are young and may be good, but not like we could afford to just pass on talent that is there

His draft this year has produced it seems two starts and long time starters, if not Pro Bowlers, in Leonard in and Nelson at the very least.

The RBs as a group are upgraded over last year

grant looks good as the #2 WR and Ebron, though I wish they would use him more, was a great signing to complement Doyle as a tight end.

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman

I have a much more positive opinion now than I did during the preseason.

I still think he could have spent money to find a right tackle and do more for the OL though. I also think he should have kept Melvin, you can never have too many good corners and the money was there to use. And its not like this is a stellar group of corners to begin with. They are young and may be good, but not like we could afford to just pass on talent that is there

His draft this year has produced it seems two starts and long time starters, if not Pro Bowlers, in Leonard in and Nelson at the very least.

The RBs as a group are upgraded over last year

grant looks good as the #2 WR and Ebron, though I wish they would use him more, was a great signing to complement Doyle as a tight end.

Keeping Melvin would have been nice, but I don't think we could have done so for the amount the Raiders ultimately paid. I recall reading the guy was demanding multiple years at $10M each, whereas he signed with the Raiders for one year at $6.5M. Perhaps Ballard would have done that contract. Anyway, he'll be a free agent at the end of the year again. Here's what Ballard had to say about Melvin:

“I love Rashaan Melvin,” Ballard says. “I love what he stands for and how he’s gritted his way through his career. At the end of the day, we felt like Rashaan’s best fit was going to be in a system that played a lot of press coverage.”

[Butter]

I think Melvin basically wanted out.