A few things I think

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

But that wasn't the claim and it changes the premise. My previous post argued against that claim...



I don't think it's unreasonable to believe the bolded scenario if we had "good" QB play. I would argue 3, maybe 4 wins, but it's at least 2 wins. And just like that, it's a division title. NFL margins.

Minshew, who I assume we don't consider a good QB, is the level of QB that squeaks us into the playoffs. Speaking of him... Colts and Raiders were 9-8 and 8-9 respectively last year. Minshew went 7-6 with us, and 2-7 with them. His surroundings were not the same.

And Joe Flacco was 4-1 with Cleveland and 3-5 with the Colts. His surroundings were not the same. So clearly the Colts roster is a step down from Cleveland’s.

You can believe this is a good roster and that Ballard has done a good job. Buckner seems to believe there are issues and if we are to believe Ballard’s end of season presser, he sees there are major issues - not just QB. Sadly I think it’s most likely he’s full of shit and believes like you that’s he’s done a good job and it’s just AR holding back a good roster. The colts had a very easy strength of schedule and a shit division again. Ballard can’t win it. Even adding good QB play doesn’t make this a good team. MAYBE the best in the worst division. MAYBE. That’s with gifting Ballard the hardest thing to find in the league. To me that’s hardly a testament to the quality of the roster.