Colts News: Chuck Pagano, Ryan Grigson Could Be At Odds Due To Contract Situations

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Ryan Grigson are both entering make-or-break seasons of a sort in 2015, and one NFL analysts believes that it could lead to tension with Pagano ending the final year of his contract.

Here's Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk with his thoughts on the team's leadership situation:

Complicating matters is the identical status of G.M. Ryan Grigson.  Both he and Pagano will be commencing contract years, which means that either Grigson or Pagano may bear the ultimate blame for the failure of the Colts to get beyond (or at least stay within 38 points of) the Patriots.

It also means that Grigson and Pagano could be tempted to blame each other, in the event that the 2015 season at any point unravels.  If, for example, the team’s run defense — its “Achilles heel,” per Pagano — continues to fail to slow down New England, Pagano could be tempted to blame it on the personnel, and Grigson could be tempted to blame it on the coaching.

Bob Kravitz of WTHR.com adds that he believes that such a rift may already be brewing between Pagano and Grigson, telling Pro Football Talk Live on Friday that the team's decision to announce Pagano's lame-duck status and not Grigson's could lead to Pagano being set up for a fall.

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