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With the playoffs a distant dream, Colts GM Chris Ballard needs to earn his money
December 9, 2019

Improving a roster mismanaged by his predecessor has been relatively easy work for Indianapolis Colts GM Chris Ballard.  Addition by subtraction makes heroes of a lot of managers – in sports and business. When Ballard took over from Ryan Grigson almost three years ago, there was a lot of productive subtracting to do. Now the work […]

Ballard stuck with Vinatieri – it hasn’t worked, but that doesn’t mean he was wrong
December 2, 2019

Colts general manager Chris Ballard had a choice earlier this season – replace the best kicker in NFL history with someone off the street, or hope that Adam Vinatieri’s struggles straightened themselves out. Whether Vinatieri’s suddenly erratic field goal tries were caused by a bad left knee, laces out or some other odd confluence of […]