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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc
I get the frustration, I really do. The colts are caught in no man’s land. Not bad enough to be able to draft a true franchise quarterback but not good enough to actually win games. And without a franchise quarterback in the nfl, you have nothing. You have no shot.
I’m pretty certain that unless the next guy has a foolproof plan for acquiring a franchise quarterback, he or she won’t be any better than Ballard. In fact, they’d almost certainly be worse.
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If you take an objective look at the league, teams that find a franchise QB (and I mean a real one, not a Trevor Lawrence type) do not have to spend as much capital finding one as those who swing and miss. They also do not get the really high picks, but those who get those picks waste them on a lottery ticket at the position, and have to pass on the elite talent at other positions. That is how the Steelers did so well for so long. They had Ben. NE had Brady. We had Peyton. NO had Brees. So, these teams could pick later, and get a player who was less of a lottery ticket, and a real prospect. This is why I think Ballard did not trade up, or make a risky gamble at QB, because there was more value in other positions. We have a lot of talent, but are again without a solid QB to make it work. If Ballard gets that part right, we can be drafting BPA to add depth and get on another decade of top-notch football.
Dam suggested we trade up to get Stroud. Maybe the idea is right to make one big swing, but I was never convinced Stroud was the guy Dam said he was. If I were convinced, I think Dam would have been right in that approach. However, that would have been a less expensive move up than where we have been drafting.