Colts Practice Squad Signings

[IndyNorm]

We'll see after the season... but if the O-line returns to form, this is a non-issue. O-line was our #1 issue under Grigson and Ballard will have provided a solid unit for 5 of 6 seasons. The blemish season will be one he owned but that nobody had any reason to think would be that bad.

If the OL bounces back then fair enough. I think they'll be better than last year (really can't be any worse), but I think there will be some struggles too. Especially on the right side where Fries is an obvious weak link, and if someone(s) gets hurt then we're fucked again since we have very little depth.

Yeah, Ballard owned that disaster in words, but what's concerning is he hasn't owned it in action. He did absolutely nothing to bring in competition and/or depth at our weakest spot on the OL (RG), and didn't do much else at other positions (1 mid round OT).

Pass rush is his weak point on D, we'll find out a lot from Kwity and Dayo if they can stay healthy this year. But beyond that, our D has been pretty good this tenure. Even last year, the eyeball test paints a far different picture than the final rankings which don't show how bad the offense fucked the defense.

The problem is that in today's NFL as the pass rush goes so does the D. Agree that the D was pretty good last year, but our lack of pass rush still hurt us. And in the years prior to that the lack of pass rush absolutely killed us late in games.

Bowen is a golfer/frat guy that they make cover football. He wants Ballard to build his Madden team. As dry as WR may have been, we had far more pressing needs, especially with the luxury at QB. Consider that Luck had his best season with that receiving corps.

Imagine how good of a year Luck would have had if he had more than 1 good WR to throw to.