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AFC South Week 4 Predictions

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10-05-2016, 02:25 AM (This post was last modified: 10-05-2016, 08:27 AM by Bullseye.)

Quote:Bullseye,  I have a couple of related opinion questions for you and jagibelieve:

 

 1.  Though I agree that it would be in the Colts best interest to rebuild,  do you think that Colts owner Jimmy Irsay will be patient enough to rebuild?   Especially,  after giving Andrew Luck the most lucrative contract in NFL history.

 

2.   After Ryan Grigson's personnel decisions contributed to the Colts 2016 roster situation greatly,   how can Irsay justify trusting Grigson as a person well suited to rebuild the Colts?    My take is the Colts probably should go in another direction at the G.M. position.   With a new G.M. making the call on whether to retain Chuck Pagano.

1. To be honest, I don't think Irsay has a choice but to be patient. His team needs a LT, RB, TE,@ a ROLB, a young ILB, a stud NT, and a CB, at minimum. Three of those positions are premium positions. To expect them to acquire all three premium positions in one off-season is not realistic. Typically, top notch pass rushers, LTs, and CBs don't hit free agency. When they do, there are usually bidding wars for their services. They can't win bidding wars for these positions in one off-season without wrecking their salary cap. They will likely have to draft and develop those areas. That will take time.


2. I don't think Irsay can trust Grigson to build the roster through the draft. Outside of Luck and Hilton, what stud player has he drafted? He has known he needed a young pass rusher to develop and took Woerner. They are still relying on thirty something year olds Robert Mathis, Trent Cole and Erik Walden.  (Edit:  I was posting earlier from a tablet and my battery died and didn't have time to finish until now.)  The Colts were trashed on the ground last they made the playoffs, and they bypassed two stud NTs to get a diminutive WR.  In order for the Colts to have a complete turnaround by next year, they may have to draft the premier positions listed above, in addition to the other holes in the roster I mentioned too.  For one draft to land one hit at a premier position can be hard.  To land 3-4 in one draft is the stuff of Hall of Fame GMs.  Grigson isn't that guy to do it.  If the Colts crash and burn this year, Irsay will likely replace Grigson.  Any new GM will purge the roster of the thirty somethings...so Gore, D. Jackson, and the three pass rushers will be gone, among others.  They will replace them with youth, at the expense of rookie inexperience, without necessarily the talent to provide the desired results, at least in year one.  If a new coach is brought along, new philosophies and new personnel requirements come along with him, which could prolong the rebuild.

 

Bottom line:  barring something miraculous in terms of drafting, the Colts are in for a long term down time, even with a QB like Luck.

 

Worst to 1st.  Curse Reversed!





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AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 09-27-2016, 09:10 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by SeldomRite - 09-27-2016, 09:29 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Coltswarriors - 09-27-2016, 10:08 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Treestone Ice - 09-27-2016, 11:00 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by rufftime - 09-27-2016, 11:21 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by SamusAranX - 09-27-2016, 11:53 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 09-28-2016, 12:47 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagherd - 09-28-2016, 01:09 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Sosa - 09-28-2016, 03:05 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by KodiakJag - 09-28-2016, 06:23 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by The Drifter - 09-28-2016, 06:54 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by ArtieZiff - 09-28-2016, 10:32 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by superfan32 - 09-28-2016, 10:35 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by unf_nashvillian - 09-28-2016, 10:44 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Thunderkyss - 09-28-2016, 11:43 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Jags02 - 09-28-2016, 01:35 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 09-28-2016, 02:06 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by snowwolf776 - 09-28-2016, 04:14 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by TackHammer56 - 09-28-2016, 08:39 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 09-29-2016, 08:21 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Deacon - 09-29-2016, 08:52 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Mowerguy - 09-29-2016, 09:23 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JagFan4Life78 - 09-29-2016, 10:42 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by snowwolf776 - 09-29-2016, 05:47 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 09-29-2016, 06:09 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarKick - 09-29-2016, 11:51 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jessepeck1213 - 09-30-2016, 12:43 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Deacon - 09-30-2016, 07:40 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by superfan32 - 09-30-2016, 09:43 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Deacon - 09-30-2016, 10:32 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by superfan32 - 09-30-2016, 10:33 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by D6 - 09-30-2016, 01:29 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by astrorenegade - 10-01-2016, 12:01 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 10-01-2016, 09:30 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by scoobydiesel - 10-02-2016, 12:47 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 10-02-2016, 12:56 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Psychop1 - 10-02-2016, 09:46 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by VisitingCobra - 10-02-2016, 01:50 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Coltswarriors - 10-02-2016, 05:11 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by The Drifter - 10-02-2016, 05:14 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by astrorenegade - 10-02-2016, 05:21 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Sosa - 10-02-2016, 05:27 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by snowwolf776 - 10-02-2016, 05:50 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Deacon - 10-02-2016, 06:13 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-02-2016, 11:00 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-02-2016, 11:02 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by lastonealive - 10-02-2016, 11:51 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagherd - 10-03-2016, 12:18 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by superfan32 - 10-03-2016, 07:59 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Deacon - 10-03-2016, 10:53 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 10-03-2016, 01:08 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarsWoman - 10-03-2016, 01:12 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-03-2016, 01:44 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-03-2016, 02:34 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JaguarKick - 10-03-2016, 02:55 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by unf_nashvillian - 10-03-2016, 03:50 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-03-2016, 05:17 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by VisitingCobra - 10-03-2016, 05:41 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by SeldomRite - 10-03-2016, 08:46 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Thunderkyss - 10-04-2016, 08:20 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-04-2016, 10:07 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-04-2016, 10:09 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by JagFan4Life78 - 10-04-2016, 10:30 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Coltswarriors - 10-04-2016, 03:36 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-04-2016, 04:06 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Jason Mathews - 10-04-2016, 04:18 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-04-2016, 04:25 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-04-2016, 06:08 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-04-2016, 06:28 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by D6 - 10-04-2016, 07:21 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by D6 - 10-04-2016, 07:45 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-04-2016, 09:04 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by D6 - 10-05-2016, 01:01 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-05-2016, 02:25 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Coltswarriors - 10-05-2016, 07:53 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Treestone Ice - 10-05-2016, 08:29 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-05-2016, 08:37 AM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Coltswarriors - 10-05-2016, 12:26 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by jagibelieve - 10-05-2016, 02:49 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by Bullseye - 10-05-2016, 03:01 PM
AFC South Week 4 Predictions - by D6 - 10-06-2016, 12:57 AM



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