According to NBC Sports Edge’s Patrick Daugherty, the Indianapolis Colts’ Chris Ballard is currently the 17th best general manager in all of football:
17. Chris Ballard, Colts
Chris Ballard has lost control of this ride, but he doesn’t want off. At one point famous for assembling one of the league’s most complete rosters, Ballard is now better known as the general manager who loves elderly or washed-up quarterbacks, sometimes at the same time. Not anymore. Ballard took owner Jim Irsay’s not-so-subtle Jeff Saturday hint.