Ballard and Steichen are coming back

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Ballard finally got it right with DJ. When it is your 9th time trying to find a QB (I don't count Brisset on Ballard-WTF was he supposed to do?) and you finally hit on one I have a hard time believing it was your astute scouting. Dude just got lucky, like any other GM out there (nobody can predict a QBs future, so much more than just the QB himself goes into being successful). He built an excellent team using his own stubbornness (how many of us got sick of all these raw athletes he keeps drafting?) and got lucky on Jones (in my opinion). I could care less how he did it, he did. I was wrong to give up on him after 8 years. It would be idiotic to jump ship now.

I am also hopeful that they are working with AR and he makes a jump.

I am probably in the minority here, but I think Wentz was a Reich pick, AR was an Irsay pick, and DJ was a Steichen pick.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I am probably in the minority here, but I think Wentz was a Reich pick, AR was an Irsay pick, and DJ was a Steichen pick.

I would probably go with that also. Although I think most everyone settled on AR bc of talent and gambled on developing him. Ballard liked Allen and Firlds previously. I do think Irsay demanded they draft a QB though.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I am probably in the minority here, but I think Wentz was a Reich pick, AR was an Irsay pick, and DJ was a Steichen pick.

The best post this century, and is undoubtedly the way shit went down.

[YDFL Commish]

Don't get me wrong C&O. I love you to death, even though my posts don't usually express that. But do you even have a life dude? How can a human being have time enough to type as many words as you do?

I say this with absolutely no disrespect.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Don't get me wrong C&O. I love you to death, even though my posts don't usually express that. But do you even have a life dude? How can a human being have time enough to type as many words as you do ???

I say this with absolutely no disrespect.

o

I don't type as much as you might think. I copy and paste those long articles that are behind a pay wall on The Athletic.

Regarding a life, I have about half of a life. I am a lifetime long-distance runner, competing in races from the Mile to the Marathon, and everywhere in between. My fastest 5-Mile race is 26:54, and my fastest Half-Marathon (13.1 Miles) is 1:15:27.

Right now, I have taken up towerrunning, which consists of racing to the top of skyscrapers. My training consists of running almost 6,000 floors per week on the stairmaster, 1,000 leg-lifts per week, and some weightlifting. I'm at the gym about 22 hours per week.

So as I said, I have about half of a life. )

o

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I am probably in the minority here, but I think Wentz was a Reich pick, AR was an Irsay pick, and DJ was a Steichen pick.

It makes a lot of sense.

[CletusPyle]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I am probably in the minority here, but I think Wentz was a Reich pick, AR was an Irsay pick, and DJ was a Steichen pick.

How about Matt Ryan, whose brilliant idea was that?

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

How about Matt Ryan, whose brilliant idea was that?

Irsay - both to bring him in and to later bench him.

[CletusPyle]

So every bad decision was anybody but Ballard and every good decision was Ballard.....Teflon Chris!

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by CletusPyle

So every bad decision was anybody but Ballard and every good decision was Ballard.....Teflon Chris!

I didn't make that answer up.

There was reporting around both of those Matt Ryan decisions although there was a lot more reporting on Irsay's role in the benching.

On bringing him in:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/356...polis-colts-2/

On a late night call with Irsay 24 hours after the meeting with Ryan, Ballard bristled over Atlanta's trade terms.

His boss pushed him over the line.

“Get it done, Chris,” Irsay instructed.

On the benching:

https://x.com/mortreport/status/1586727514101235713

Colts owner Jim Irsay said early this morning that he empowered HC Frank Reich to make the change at QB from veteran Matt Ryan to Sam Ehlinger, a 6th rd pick in 2021, and was "excited" and that he, Reich and GM Chris Ballard were in "lockstep" on the move.

There were also comments from Reich that indicated Irsay was a "one man crew" about the decision to bench Ryan.