Will the Colts staff use the same draft strategy as they have when they were on stable footing?

It is no secret that I am less upset with our current administration than most fans. I also should not appear delusional to them being on the hottest of seats. I was surprised that Ballard was retained at the end of each of the last two years.

Not upset, but definitely surprised. When I go back and look at bad decisions, I see coaching failures before I see personnel failures. I don’t blame him for dropping a pass that would have sent the Colts to the playoffs, or for dropping a ball prior to crossing the endzone, which could have effected our record.

In short, I don’t blame him for fading down the stretch or for in game adjustments, except in that he was the guy who hired the guy to avoid those shortcomings. So, I have no qualms with showing him the door at the end of the year, or even during the year, if he has been proven to have chosen unwisely in his assembly of this season’s Colts. We saw a departure from the norm during last year’s free-agency when he selected a couple of day one players.

He drafted a little differently as well, without the apparent emphasis on RAR score. He also took that big swing at the trade deadline, when it looked like the playoffs were inevitable. This season, he has been receptive to extending contracts to move money to the future.