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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
I am not trying to be difficult but I hear a ton of people on this board who are convinced that Ballard/Steichen were forced to take Richardson at 4 by Irsay. I have not heard anyone who is a covers the team say this. Nobody nationally. It confounds me because if there ever was a player that fits the incredible athlete profile that Ballard has used his entire time here as a GM it is AR but somehow everyone is sure it was forced on him. Look I know Jim was nuts about the guy but Jim was nuts about almost every Colt player. With AR such a huge failure, people getting fired for taking him supposedly (Morocco Brown) nobody leak anything to take responsibility off of them? Not really human nature or what others have done when they are blamed for something they didn't do.
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I agree. We've all seen the video where Ballard is literally jumping for joy when he finds out we'll be drafting AR at #4. I'm sorry, but that's just not a reaction someone makes when their boss is forcing them to make what they believe is a bad decision. Not saying that Irsay wasn't a big proponent of drafting AR, but it's pretty obvious Ballard was as well.
And the it's Morocco Brown's and not Ballard's fault statements are absolutely ridiculous. Unless Ballard doesn't have the balls to tell one of his top guys no, which I really doubt is the case.