I come to praise Chris Ballard, not to bury him.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I've been saying for years that Chris Ballard was not just giving us lip-service when he said that he wanted to put together a complete-team when he first took over the job, not just a team that was overly-dependent on an all-world QB such as Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck ...... I believe that he has been doing that prior to this season, which is why the Colts had multiple mediocre seasons (instead of bad seasons.)

Since the retirement of Andrew Luck, the Colts have had one good season (2020), one bad season (2022), and 4 mediocre seasons ...... and I believe that a big part of that is because Ballard was doing what he told us that he was going to try to do, not just putting all of his efforts and resources into looking for that Hall-of-Fame caliber QB.

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I believe that Ballard has always intended on building a solid team and I do not consider myself a Ballard hater, but I also believe there are not many GMs that could have survived the Carson Wentz followed by Matt Ryan debacles without being fired!

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

I believe that Ballard has always intended on building a solid team, and I do not consider myself a Ballard hater, but I also believe there are not many GMs that could have survived the Carson Wentz followed by Matt Ryan debacles without being fired !!!

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That's because the 2nd and 3rd generations of the Irsay family (Jim and his daughter Carlie) are/were not short-sighted ...... they see the forest for the trees.

And by the way, Carson Wentz is looking pretty darned good with the Vikings this season.

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