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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
Dam, you may be the only person on the planet that thinks drafting Richardson and then giving up a kings ransom in picks and money to Lamar is a sensible idea.
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Believe it or not, I have seen crazier things happen (but please don't ask me to cite them.)
The Colts' offensive line was one of the best in the NFL in 2020, still pretty solid in 2021, and one of the worst in the NFL in 2022 ...... but they did show signs of modest improvement late in the 2022 season when Bernhard Raimann was inserted as a starter and Matt Pryor was benched.
If the Colts can somehow get the offensive line back to its 2020 form (and I concede, that would be a
VERY BIG "If"), then Lamar Jackson playing well behind it and leading the Colts to several playoff appearances in 2023 and beyond wouldn't be so far-fetched ....... as disastrous as the 2022 season was overall, the Colts still beat the Chiefs and barely lost to the Eagles by one point when they rallied in the final seconds of the 4th quarter. Somewhere inside of what was the mess of a 2022 season is a team capable of holding its own against the 2 teams that made it to the Super Bowl.
And if all of that came to fruition while Richardson was on the bench behind Lamar for 2 or 3 seasons, Dam wouldn't look so crazy after all ....... however, the fact that Jim Irsay made it pretty clear that the Colts probably wouldn't be willing to ante-up for Jackson in the first place makes all of that moot.
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