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Jim was a lot different than his father ...... I hope that Carlie IS NOT a lot different than Jim.
As for your blind squirrel analogy, that is far from the truth. Prior to 2025 and after the retirement of Andrew Luck in 2019, Ballard's Colts had one good season (the 2020 Philip Rivers season), 1 bad season (the 2022 4-12-1 season), and 4 mediocre/middling seasons. Those mediocre/middling teams would have been bad teams if Ballard had not done what he said that he intended to ...... build a complete team that WAS NOT overly-dependent on an all-world quarterback, such as Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck.
The Colts have essentially done the opposite of what the New York Giants did ...... the Giants got a solid quarterback in Daniel Jones and expected him to carry an otherwise incomplete team. The Colts, on the other hand, built complete teams that were a solid quarterback away from being bona-fide contenders (as is evidenced by the 2020 Philip Rivers season and this 2025 Daniel Jones season.)
Jim was a good owner, right up until the end. Ballard was a good GM all long, just like I have been saying for years in dozens of my posts here on ColtFreaks.
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ESPN's Bill Barnwell rates Chris Ballard and the Colts as the #1 team out of 32 in the NFL for the 2025 off-season.
Best, Worst 2025 NFL Offseasons: Tiers for All 32 Teams
(By Bill Barnwell)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...draft-barnwell
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The NFL’s Best Offseason
Indianapolis Colts
Highlights: l Signing QB Daniel Jones (1-Year, $14 Million) and Safety Cam Bynum (4 Years, $60 Million), hiring DC Lou Anarumo, drafting 1st-round TE Tyler Warren
Disappointments: l The draft picks after Tyler Warren.
I'm not sure how any other team could receive more glowing reviews. The Colts signed Jones away from the Vikings with an opportunity to beat out Anthony Richardson Sr. for the starting job, and what he has done with that chance has exceeded any possible expectation. Jones leads the NFL in QBR (80.2) while also posting the league's highest success rate and its lowest sack rate. He has been a legitimate MVP candidate while making less than just about every other veteran starting QB in the league. If he keeps this up, Jones will be one of the best one-year acquisitions in league history.
Meanwhile, Anarumo has helped turn around a defense that couldn't tackle or cover last season with his exotic pressures and variety of defensive looks, creating turnover opportunities for the Colts on a weekly basis. Bynum has played a huge role in locking down the back end for Indianapolis, while fellow veteran defensive back Charvarius Ward was off to a solid start before suffering a concussion during pre-game warm-ups, and hitting injured reserve.
Warren was my pick for Offensive Rookie of the Year after four weeks, and he continues to impress in one of the league's most entertaining and unique roles. He's 14th among all receivers in yards-per-route run. The rest of the draft class hasn't made much of an impact. 2nd-rounder J.T. Tuimoloau was a healthy scratch to start the season, and has played just 62 defensive snaps. 3rd-round cornerback Justin Walley is out for the year after tearing an ACL in training camp.
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