Colts GM defends in-house free agent strategy

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard has heard the whispers loud and clear.

The second-guesses of his decision to prioritize re-signing the team's in-house free agents rather than go searching for new blood were impossible to ignore.

So, on Tuesday, Ballard took aim at those criticisms.

"Different is not always better," Ballard said from the NFL meetings in Orlando.

Ballard demonstrated how strongly he believes that notion by re-signing core players like receiver Michael Pittman Jr., cornerback Kenny Moore II, nose tackle Grover Stewart, linebacker Zaire Franklin, defensive lineman Tyquan Lewis and punter Rigoberto Sanchez to…