Wow the hate for Ballard is amazing to me. Give it some time. It’s great to be a fan and have opinions but you better hope you’re wrong (as I often am). Otherwise it’s gonna suck rooting for this team. And I think you are dead wrong about Ballard. I think he is knowledgeable and a strait shooter. He did Anderson a favor by putting him in a situation where he can succeed. GMs that do unpopular things knowing they will be unpopular have balls. Love that about Ballard. Now we see if he can evaluate players better than us. My money is on him

I am not seeing "hate". Just disagreement and concerns.

OK.

Yeah I know I in no way “hate” Ballard. I like his demeanor in general and I like a decent amount of what he’s done. And I love that he’s not Grigson. But there are certainly things I disagree with too. I probably have more to say about things I disagree with than those I do and that may give the impression I’m always against him. That’s not the case at all. I simply don’t feel it’s fair to use hindsight to criticize someone’s moves way after the fact. So I go on record and comment now on things I disagree with or that concern me.

I don't see any "hate" for Ballard, just quibbling over preferences. I understand what he did, Day 2 made Day 1 make a lot more sense, and I hope he picked the right guys. Positives from this draft for me are that the offensive line should be solidified for the next 2-3 years, the front 7 got some athletes, and so did the skill positions. Negatives to me are that the defense still requires a star and a captain, and I think Edmunds could've become that guy and the Colts could've traded down and leveraged even more picks out of what was by all accounts a loaded draft class to fill more holes, and Ballard picked a long, trait filled DE to be the pass rusher in Turay and a bigger, also long and trait filled DE to play the power end position in Lewis, and I think Lorenzo Carter and Rasheem Green would've filled those roles better, respectively. Time will tell on that last part, but obviously I hope Ballard got it right. I also don't know that the Colts will get another chance at an Urlacher type like Edmunds, but I'm certainly hoping they're looking at pass rush and MLB as top priorities moving forward, though I can't see how they wouldn't.

Just curious, but your post got me thinking about who might be coming out next draft that may be the guy you say we need to get. We have an extra 2nd rounder and they say the draft class is projected to be stellar.

I haven't really looked that far ahead, but I've read a little bit about it and there seems to be a lot of talented front 7 players in next year's draft, including a lot of guys that would fit the mold of what the Colts seem to be trying to do on defense.

I didn’t mean people hated Ballard. That’s why I said ‘the hate’. It was for me an euphemism for disagreeing. Nothing personal I’ll be more careful with my language from now on. Sorry freaks

That is cool, but your usage of hate is kind of weird, but no worries.

Perfect. I’m kinda weird