Zach Hicks on Colts real issue

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Originally Posted by rm1369

I personally don’t blame Ballard for not solving the QB situation. What I blame him for is an overall building philosophy that keeps the team from competing. You can debate the merits of swinging for a QB vs hoping to catch a couple good years from an old guy. What you can’t do is chose the old guy and continue to build the roster as if you are 4 years from being competitive. That’s what Ballard has done and that’s what keeps killing the team. He throws a bunch of young athletes at a problem and hopes one steps up. The beginning of the season is basically fucking tryouts. Again, look at the actual experience the colts started the season with at LT, WR, and TE this year. DE last year. That’s not how you build a team to win.

Agreed. Basically the only QBs who are good that we could have drafted are Hurts and possibly Herbert if we had given up a shit ton of draft capitol to move up in '20 to get him. And who knows, maybe Ballard tried to but didn't have any takers before he traded our 1st rounder for Defo.

What you can blame Ballard for is the shit OL, lack of pass rush, and lack of WR depth. Take LT for example. Ballard's had 3 off seasons to find a replacement for AC since he contemplated retiring after the '19 season. If he was half as good of a GM as a lot of people on this board think he is then he would have had that position fixed by now.