Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 15668160)

Nah, all of those guys are quality starters, with the possible exception of Turay and Lewis, because they haven’t really been starters yet. Turay because of injury and Lewis because of Denico Autrys presence.

But they’ve done well when they’ve played and both of them will get a chance to start this season.

Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 15668460)

Hopefully this will finally end the dreams of some of the people here thinking Schwartz and Fisher would be coming back.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15668007)

Chris Ballard is Carl Peterson 2.0.

His drafts have been solid, if not confusing. He's traded for a backup QB in Jacoby Brissett, traded for an injured QB whose play fell off a cliff three years ago, settles for a second option at head coach and has absolutely no plan in place to make his team a contender.

Instead, he's hoping that something good might happen to his team during the "tournament".

He might be fine at identifying talent, even though his time in Chicago and Indy haven't amounted to much, but he's a lameass GM that hasn't taken any risks to pull the Colts out of their doldrums.

Which is fine by me because the Colts can suck it.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 15668477)

Michael Pittman's a quality starter?

Uhh, no. Look, you PROJECT him to be a quality starter because you like what you've seen, but no, thus far he's not.

It'd be like one of us thinking Mecole Hardman is going to take the next step with an expanded role in year 3, so he's now a quality starter whereas up to this point, he's lucky if he's been anything more than another Demarcus Robinson.

And you can add Jonathan Taylor onto that same "not quite there yet" list.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 15668531)

I actually like Wentz in Indy. I think its a better fit for him than Philadelphia. A country boy from North Dakota will feel more at home in Indianapolis and he had success under Reich before. Now its going to be Trevor Lawrence's divison in the forseable future but there will be a little time to make some noise between them and Titans see who can control for the next couple seasons.

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 15668578)

I think Wentz is gonna be alright. He may take awhile to get going but I think he’ll be a good quarterback next year.

I think Jax is gonna be good but they may be a year away. Tennessee doesn’t scare me. They’re a one trick pony. Houston is an absolute dumpster fire.

I think the Colts can indeed make some noise next year.

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 15668590)

If by noise you mean a 1st round playoff exit, then yes.

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 15668607)

You’re probably right, but it’s not like they had a ton of options. Rivers was done. Eason is a complete unknown. They gave Brissett a whole year and he stunk.

They inquired about Stafford but LA was gonna outbid everyone from the start.

To move from 21 into the top 5 would have been insanely expensive, so getting one of the studs in the draft was out.

There just weren’t a lot of options.

I think Ballard made the move with the most chance for success.

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 15668611)

There were options, but Ballard has small dick energy.

He gave up a likely 2022 first for Wentz, who looks broken.

I’d much rather trade up for Fields on a cheap contract than settle for a guy who can’t finish the season. And who is, by the way, a divisive locker room presence.

Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 15668460)

Hopefully this will finally end the dreams of some of the people here thinking Schwartz and Fisher would be coming back.