So he sucks but the 31 other GMs that passed on him 5-6 times don’t? Get outta here with these posts
I mean, you could use this line of logic with any great pick and the team that passed on that player.
After the inevitable 7-10 season next year, Ballard will still land a GM job somewhere in this league (probably the jets) and the cycle will continue. At least he likes his guys i guess.
Lame ass post.
Everybody skipped him multiple times and just because we had the pick right before him doesnt mean we “almost” selected him. He may not have even been on our board.
No one thought he was any good. Hence the 177th pick
I’m all for dunking on Ballard at this point, but Les Snead literally picked 7 players BEFORE he picked Puka Nacua and one of them was Stetson Bennett.
I’m convinced, OP should be the GM. He definitely would hit on all picks.
What kind of garbage 🗑️ is this. I’m sorry you wasted your time hoping you’d farm some upvotes here.
Not sure he is as much of a superstar without Stafford.
Hey man, I’m all for Ballard shit talking when it’s warranted, but like others have said, he was the 177th pick. If Ballard should get shit on then every GM should be shit on multiple times because of this. When you get this deep into a draft you start splitting hairs. Hindsight is 20/20 here.
So 175 other picks passed on him too? Cool story Op…..
You can use this lame fucking logic on any pick since the beginning of time.
Plus, Minshew and AR wouldn’t have unlocked Puka like Stafford did.
These LARPing mouth breathing GM posts are shit
This is so stupid, for 2 reasons.
First, every other team also passed on him multiple times. I’m a Ballard truther, but even if he’s a terrible GM, by that logic, there aren’t many better options, if no one saw one of the most dominant receivers of our time coming.
Second, the dude also makes good moves. So at worst, they offset. Like when we traded down and picked up Leonard, Quenton Nelson, and Braden Smith. Insanity. Or how about when he jumped the Jaguars in the draft to go get JT? Granted, the Jags have still owned us. But could you imagine if they had him instead of us?
Every single GM, including the rams, passed on Puka 4 times. No one saw this coming
If only we’d used any of our picks the year before on Brock Purdy. And then we could have drafted Bijan Robinson instead of AR in 2023. Imagine that trio of Purdy, Bijan and Nacua!
Every team spends a lot of money on scouts – a lot of money travel so they can observe players and yet somehow some can’t miss players do turn into, at worst, bust or just disappointments. I am guessing each team evaluates the scouts suggestions player – wonder did any scouts for any team have Brady listed as a mid-level draft pick or a scout that listed him as a UDFA -at best. Measurable are only a small part of the story – every guy who is 6’7” and 350 can’t be a left tackle – a friend of mine who had been a 3rd string tackle at U of Missouri said the differences between him and the starter were mostly mental. What he was willing to do to his body – and what he was willing to do to an opponents body – risk inflicting injuries. Not sure about that but have followed the game for over 60 years and do know – biggest – strongest – fastest – don’t mean star. I once had the idea that players should be drafted based on how cool their name is – Peyton much more draft able then Tom wouldn’t you agree?
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So he sucks but the 31 other GMs that passed on him 5-6 times don’t? Get outta here with these posts
I mean, you could use this line of logic with any great pick and the team that passed on that player.
After the inevitable 7-10 season next year, Ballard will still land a GM job somewhere in this league (probably the jets) and the cycle will continue. At least he likes his guys i guess.
Lame ass post.
Everybody skipped him multiple times and just because we had the pick right before him doesnt mean we “almost” selected him. He may not have even been on our board.
No one thought he was any good. Hence the 177th pick
I’m all for dunking on Ballard at this point, but Les Snead literally picked 7 players BEFORE he picked Puka Nacua and one of them was Stetson Bennett.
I’m convinced, OP should be the GM. He definitely would hit on all picks.
What kind of garbage 🗑️ is this. I’m sorry you wasted your time hoping you’d farm some upvotes here.
He said he doesn’t want to be in Indianapolis. Thats a real quote lol[](https://www.reddit.com/r/Colts/?f=flair_name%3A%22Shit%20post%22)
Not sure he is as much of a superstar without Stafford.
Hey man, I’m all for Ballard shit talking when it’s warranted, but like others have said, he was the 177th pick. If Ballard should get shit on then every GM should be shit on multiple times because of this. When you get this deep into a draft you start splitting hairs. Hindsight is 20/20 here.
So 175 other picks passed on him too? Cool story Op…..
You can use this lame fucking logic on any pick since the beginning of time.
Plus, Minshew and AR wouldn’t have unlocked Puka like Stafford did.
These LARPing mouth breathing GM posts are shit
This is so stupid, for 2 reasons.
First, every other team also passed on him multiple times. I’m a Ballard truther, but even if he’s a terrible GM, by that logic, there aren’t many better options, if no one saw one of the most dominant receivers of our time coming.
Second, the dude also makes good moves. So at worst, they offset. Like when we traded down and picked up Leonard, Quenton Nelson, and Braden Smith. Insanity. Or how about when he jumped the Jaguars in the draft to go get JT? Granted, the Jags have still owned us. But could you imagine if they had him instead of us?
Every single GM, including the rams, passed on Puka 4 times. No one saw this coming
If only we’d used any of our picks the year before on Brock Purdy. And then we could have drafted Bijan Robinson instead of AR in 2023. Imagine that trio of Purdy, Bijan and Nacua!
Every team spends a lot of money on scouts – a lot of money travel so they can observe players and yet somehow some can’t miss players do turn into, at worst, bust or just disappointments. I am guessing each team evaluates the scouts suggestions player – wonder did any scouts for any team have Brady listed as a mid-level draft pick or a scout that listed him as a UDFA -at best. Measurable are only a small part of the story – every guy who is 6’7” and 350 can’t be a left tackle – a friend of mine who had been a 3rd string tackle at U of Missouri said the differences between him and the starter were mostly mental. What he was willing to do to his body – and what he was willing to do to an opponents body – risk inflicting injuries. Not sure about that but have followed the game for over 60 years and do know – biggest – strongest – fastest – don’t mean star. I once had the idea that players should be drafted based on how cool their name is – Peyton much more draft able then Tom wouldn’t you agree?