Boiler Sam

I’ve got clips of him getting run over by the Cowboys and Chargers also, among other teams. I definitely would keep him around, but if the goal is to be excellent at the most important positions, he’s not close.

He’s average. The more successful NFL franchises want to be excellent-to-great at the most important positions, not at guard, running back and linebacker.

I don’t know who that is. Just showing you yet another clip of Raimann getting overpowered.

Raimann looks OK until he goes up against someone good- like Mack, Lawrence, etc, then he gets overpowered. Nowhere near a lockdown LT. But at least we’re not paying him $17 million a year to get worked like we are with the right tackle.

Nailed it. We’ve got everything covered except for the 3-4 most important positions in football. First order of business though is a big extension for Taylor.

It’s the offensive coordinator’s fault…. no wait it’s Matt Ryan’s fault…. no wait it’s Frank Reich’s fault…. no wait it’s Sam Ehlingers fault… no wait it’s Matt Ryan’s fault… No wait it’s Jeff Saturdays fault… no wait it’s Nick Foles’ fault… Hmmm…who else can we scapegoat…?

Yes… bad and overpaid offensive line, receivers that can’t separate quickly, no quarterback, no blocking tight ends… Ballard just needs a 7th year to fix all this.

So the problem is we don’t have a running QB ?

And why have our QBs, all 3 of them, held the ball too long this season? Could it possibly be because Ballard’s receivers can’t separate quickly? Maybe Ballard shouldn’t have drafted YaSin, Banogu, and Campbell instead of DK, Deebo, and AJ Brown?

Or maybe the receivers can’t get any separation? Odd that Ballard would sign THREE QBs that all refused to throw the ball to open receivers? Is that what happened on all of these ?

Yeah, the 56 sacks are the QBs fault! Couldn’t possibly be because Ballard’s highest paid OL in the league is trash… LOL - whether Raimann got run over, bullied, shoved around, however you want to put it, he ended up on the ground and taking Nelson out with him.

If you think the LT getting run over every game is OK… we can just move on here. You want me to post the clip of our RT getting beat for a sack last night?

Pryor was Ballard going cheap at LT. He failed miserably there, then failed miserably at RG and RT before getting benched. Nelson has been OK. Worth nowhere near $20 million a year X 4 years. $60 million of that is fully guaranteed. Idiotic contract for a guy with multiple recent surgeries. Ballard is responsible for putting together the leagues highest paid offensive line, because he gave out the contracts. And it’s a disaster. Did you watch the game last night?

Raimann gets run over and gives up sacks every game. Here’s one from last night:

If Ballard didn’t endorse this contract, he could have easily let Nelson just play out the final year of his rookie deal. With a guy who’s had multiple surgeries in the last couple years, many were saying that would have been the wisest course of action. But yes, Irsay’s definitely part of the problem.

Pittman and Pierce are both nice WR2s. Ballard could have drafted THREE WR1s in the 2019 2nd round (Deebo, AJ, and DK) and passed on ALL of them. He played at Wisconsin and thinks you can play BadgerBall in the modern NFL.

Ballard massively overpaid Nelson, Kelly, and Smith. And then compounded those mistakes by going cheap at LT and RG, so the highest paid OL in the league is still trash. You combine that with no legit playmakers at WR, no blocking tight ends, and no QB, and you have a terrible offense.

Guys like Harbaugh and Payton aren’t coming here if Ballard is still in charge of personnel.

If Irsay is hellbent on keeping Ballard in his current position, that will turn off some of the better candidates.

Leonard is fine. He’s OK. But he’s not a pressure player who can make plays in the offensive backfield. The defense is fine, but it’s not great. And if you have built a complete disaster on offense, you’d better be great on defense. Colts are not.

There was no plan. And there still isn’t. If there had been a plan, you wouldn’t have fired the OC right before replacing the head coach/play caller with a high school coach/ESPN analyst, and mandating the 2nd year 6th round QB be starting over 2 guys who played in Super Bowls in the last 5 years. Each decision dumber than the last.

The defense is good, but the fact is they don’t have a special player who is capable of closing out a game in the fourth quarter. Only needed one play on the last drive in about 4 different games, and no one on that DL could make it. The OL sucks, but they are even more of a liability when you have no receivers who can consistently separate.

Where was this pass rush when it mattered, in the fourth quarter against Minnesota, Philly, Washington, etc ? And you still think the OL isn’t a stunningly overpaid disaster?

Man I couldn’t have said it better myself. How do you beat Burrow, Mahomes, Allen and Herbert in playoff games? That’s the lens every decision needs to filter thru.

Yes, they are OK at DE, just like they are OK at WR and OL, and OK everywhere else… bunch of nice guys and OK players - but no difference makers. Ballard has now made the playoffs 2 out of 6 seasons, and won a mediocre division 0 out of 6 times. But Jimmy already handed him a 5 year extension so we’re probably stuck with him. And who else would put up with this impulsive meddling owner anyway…