Colts GM Chris Ballard and coach Frank Reich are running the Colts as a meritocracy. You excel, you earn. That’s the way the NFL works. If Player B outplays Player A, Player B gets snaps and Player A sits. Ballard has shown a proclivity toward drafting very talented and driven players who push veterans, and […]
What will the Colts do tomorrow night with their 26th pick in the NFL Draft? Colts GM Chris Ballard is the guy who will pull the trigger, and he has no idea what will happen. So how can we even begin to venture a guess? There are a few things we do know about Ballard […]
Colts fans need to wise up. Chris Ballard knows what he is doing. On the day before free agents can actually sign their deals, Colts fans are losing their minds because Ballard appears to have only wide receiver Devin Funchess on his radar. Other teams like the Jets and and Packers are spending like opening […]
The Colts will sign wide receiver Devin Funchess to a one-year, $13 million deal when free agency opens tomorrow. The shorter the term of the deal, the more manageable the downside, so even if Funchess is a bust, the Colts will only experience a small ding as a consequence. The upside is dependent upon Funchess […]
The Colts front office and coaching staff are boring. Fans should love it. Sure, it would be more fun to write and talk about a team in total disarray with a rampaging buffoon clumsily running the show. Arguing with people bad at running sports franchises is fun for the media. This is not that. General […]
After two seasons of hopelessness, Colts fans believe the team is headed in the right direction after losing a game it should have won against the Bengals. Maybe that’s idiotic. Maybe it represents a tolerance of defeat. Whatever it is – it’s a hell of a lot more fun than embracing doom through as another generation […]
Colts GM Chris Ballard told us Sunday that defensive end John Simon was cut because the Colts are “trying to get to more right end body types and traits that we want at the position.” Body types versus football players without great measurables has been debated for a long time. Analytics, length, bend, twist, burst, […]
When Chris Ballard took over as general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, he said the roster would be rebuilt through the draft. He wasn’t kidding. It’s tough to go from where the Colts were to becoming a Super Bowl champion. When the Colts were rolling in the 2000s, they had four players on the offensive […]
The return of Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has been a shiny tchotchke dangled in front of fans’ noses since the opening of training camp. It was shattered yesterday as the Colts finally placed Luck on injured reserve, which ends his season. Colts fans are rightfully miffed that their team is missing the roster’s only difference maker. That […]
Chris Ballard is going to be successful as the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts. Really successful. Championship level successful. I have no idea what his first draft board looks like or whether he has a secret sauce that allows him to recognize hidden talent others miss. What we are learning about Ballard as he […]
