Pictured above is a man named Chris Ballard. Chris is the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts. And I owe Chris an apology.
See, NFL free agency is complicated and it doesn't really have an end date. Thus, it's tricky to draw conclusions on the fly. Just a few days ago, when Ballard seemingly inexplicably hadn't filled a hole at safety and was hiding from the free-agent market despite owning more salary-cap space than anyone else in the NFL, I handed Ballard's Colts a D grade for their performance on the open market.