INDIANAPOLIS — Ryan Grigson spent more than a decade in pro football before The Call finally came, first toiling as a low-rung scout, logging nights in rundown motels. Where’d it start? Go back to 1999, to his first NFL combine, when he was the grunt-tasked with flipping the lights on at the old RCA Dome each morning at 6 sharp.
Among his other jobs that week: folding socks.
Jim Irsay liked that. Respected that.
The Call came in 2012. Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts’ owner, was on the other end, seeking out the man who’d engineer his franchise’s ambitious overhaul.