INDIANAPOLIS -- It was an obvious area that Chris Ballard needed to address when he was named general manager of the Indianapolis Colts last January: defense.
Ballard cut ties or didn't re-sign some big defensive names many fans had grown accustomed to seeing on game days. It wasn't personal -- it was just moves that had to be made on a defense that had continued to be poor year after year.
D'Qwell Jackson, Art Jones, Erik Walden, Mike Adams and Trent Cole were all gone by April.
Then Ballard, who is hell bent on making sure he gets the roster he envisions, continued that quest when he released their longest-tenured cornerback, Vontae Davis, on Thursday.