GREAT READ : Breaking Down Colts Draft Film With Chris Ballard

[Maniac]

Originally Posted by Puck

After reading this it looks to me like he did not reach for players in the way he grades them.

Obviously his BPA is different than the draft pundits.

I just hope he is right.

Well the thing is, the way he worded it, he doesn't care what other teams do or have guys ranked at, but then he goes on to say that he is sure that Turay would have been drafted in the next 10 picks. That means they do care what other teams do and where they have guys ranked and that Ballard is mainly being political here.

I wonder if Ballard is still getting a feel for the draft process and if he's reaching at times even though he doesn't think he is.

BPA is not real. They all draft based on a mix of where they rank the players combined with their team's needs/goals.

[VeveJones007]

Originally Posted by JesusChrist

Well the thing is, the way he worded it, he doesn't care what other teams do or have guys ranked at, but then he goes on to say that he is sure that Turay would have been drafted in the next 10 picks. That means they do care what other teams do and where they have guys ranked and that Ballard is mainly being political here.

I wonder if Ballard is still getting a feel for the draft process and if he's reaching at times even though he doesn't think he is.

BPA is not real. They all draft based on a mix of where they rank the players combined with their team's needs/goals.

The way he worded the Smith pick made me feel like BPA is not the only factor. "Last guard with a starting grade" makes me think he wanted to ensure that he got a 2nd OL.

[Maniac]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

The way he worded the Smith pick made me feel like BPA is not the only factor. "Last guard with a starting grade" makes me think he wanted to ensure that he got a 2nd OL.

Yep, it's always a mix of need with the grades they have on the players.

[FatDT]

As complicated as everyone wants to make it, it's simple. Ballard has an overall vision for the team. He has an idea of what the team needs, this year and future years, to be successful. And so with that vision in mind he values players a certain way, and picks the best player for his team, his vision. It is not some sort of objective Madden score where he'll pick an 84 TE over an 81 DE when his vision demands an upgrade at the DE position and not TE. For Ballard, the BPA in that situation is the DE.

It is clear from Hankins and Anderson that scheme fit matters a lot to Ballard, so he is not going to pick a great player that doesn't do well the things he wants that position to do.

[Butter]

That sounds right

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by FatDT

As complicated as everyone wants to make it, it's simple. Ballard has an overall vision for the team. He has an idea of what the team needs, this year and future years, to be successful. And so with that vision in mind he values players a certain way, and picks the best player for his team, his vision. It is not some sort of objective Madden score where he'll pick an 84 TE over an 81 DE when his vision demands an upgrade at the DE position and not TE. For Ballard, the BPA in that situation is the DE.

It is clear from Hankins and Anderson that scheme fit matters a lot to Ballard, so he is not going to pick a great player that doesn't do well the things he wants that position to do.

Isnt this how any competent GM is supposed to work?

[sherck]

Originally Posted by rcubed

Isnt this how any competent GM is supposed to work?

Don't know.

We might be seeing the first one of those around the Colts complex in about a decade.

Papa Polian was off his meds by 2008 and his son was driving us into a ditch.

Walk Worthy,

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by sherck

Don't know.

We might be seeing the first one of those around the Colts complex in about a decade.

Papa Polian was off his meds by 2008 and his son was driving us into a ditch.

Walk Worthy,

yep, and that was my point.

overall strategy of a GM on drafting should be what FattyDT said, but he havent had that kind of mentality since polian's heydays.

[DragonTails]

Originally Posted by rcubed

Isnt this how any competent GM is supposed to work?

Why not move them earlier (before the draft) for something better?


lol

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...aft/572867002/

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by DragonTails

Why not move them earlier (before the draft) for something better?


lol

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...aft/572867002/

Moron