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In what is probably the least popular idea on the entire
ColtFreaks board, I would keep Daniel Jones to maximize the QB 1-2 punch (a Daniel Jones-Riley Leonard 1-2 punch is stronger than a Riley Leonard-Anthony Richardson 1-2 punch), and let at least one of the 2 wide receivers walk (and in fact, let both of them walk if absolutely necessary in order to comply with the salary cap.)
Since he was hired as the team's GM back in January of 2017, Ballard said that he intended to build complete teams that were not overly-reliant on all-world quarterbacks ....... my proposal would be doing the opposite of that narrative, but for one season and one season only.
But my line of thinking
DOES NOT belie or disagree with what Ballard has been doing for the past 8 years ...... I think that both theories can be true, and they are not necessarily mutually exclusive of one another over a long period of time (January of 2017 through the Present) ...... variety is the spice of life, and flexibility and adapting is a big key to life longevity ...... I think that Ballard
HAS built a strong team that can be bona-fide contenders with good-but-not-necessarily-great quarterbacks ...... but now is the time to shift gears ....... now that he has a strong team that almost beat the world champion Seattle Seahawks on their homefield with a 44 year-old Philip Rivers at quarterback,
NOW is the time to focus primarily on the quarterback position, if only for one year ...... and being that the 2026 season is very likely Ballard's last chance to produce his 2nd playoff team in his 10th season as the team's GM, he needs to go for broke, shift gears, and do the opposite of what he has been doing for his first 9 season's at the helm ...... lock up the good-but-not great quarterback (Top 8 in the NFL, but not Top 4), have a back-up quarterback that may very well be just as good as the 1st-string quarterback in case of an injury to the former, and trust that whomever is at the wideout positions does not have butterfingers.
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All of the above is coming from a person who was half-witted and mindless enough to proclaim that Case Keenum would have a longer and more distinguished NFL career than Andrew Luck would when both were entering the league back in 2012.
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