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Colts' Grigson willing to think outside box ... or country

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  • NFL draft: Thursday through May 2
  • Colts' first pick is 29th overall in the first round

Last week, with the NFL draft looming and the ever-present pressure to build a Super Bowl roster intensifying, Indianapolis Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson did a very curious thing:

He held a workout for a 380-pound Australian shot putter. A football workout.

Some teams might consider such a move slightly preposterous.

But for a team that already counts among its numbers four former Canadian Football League players, two college basketball players and a Kenyan rugby player, it's called something else: Tuesday.