Ballard’s draft record

[Oldcolt]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

You don't "hit" on a 7th round QB. You get a knock at the door and find out you unknowingly had a billionaire uncle who left you an inheritance. Brock Purdy is the goddamn epitome of QB being a crapshoot and fans' outcome bias. I mean, if some GMs scout QBs well and some don't... how do you pass on a franchise QB 7 times in the same draft before finally taking him?

Lynch dumped three 1st-rounders for Trey Lance who puts to shame any possible "bust" label you could hope to put on Anthony Richardson. If Purdy wasn't a winning lottery ticket, Lynch would've had torches and pitchforks out for him instead of being viewed as a pretty good GM... which he is.

So if I understand your position, Ballard is a genius because HE is so good at 'hitting' those middle round picks like Raimann but any other GM is just a lucky bastard. Ok let's hire a lucky bastard then. My bottom line is that Lynch has produced a winning team and Ballard hasn't. Make all the excuse you want, Ballard's your boy you are free to love on him. And as far as AR is concerned you obviously don't read my posts. I wanted AR over DJ and still do. I have zero faith in DJ ever leading this team to anything. If AR is a bust, in my opinion, it is mostly do to the Colts fucking up his development. Now he may never play again due to a freak accident, I get that.

You are correct that if Lynch hadn't gotten Purdy he might have been fired. But the reality is he did get Purdy (and had the foresight to have a coach in place that actually knew how to develop him, also part of a GMs job. Ballards initial genius move was McDaniels) and they are still playing football. It's amazing how some GMs are just so lucky. Again, wish we had one