ESPN put out an interesting piece yesterday going over each NFL team’s most impactful move last off-season. For the Colts, they said this:
“The move: Replacing Ryan Grigson with Chris Ballard as general manager
The impact: The change amounted to hitting a reset button, breaking a cycle of shorter-term offseason moves. Ballard embarked on a more deliberate course with no quick-fix component to his thinking. The team would not throw money at flawed free-agent offensive linemen to patch long-running problems on the right side. There would be no splash moves in free agency or the trade market, but rather midlevel purchases.