Originally Posted by sherck

All of that would be the dream scenario.

Step 1: Peyton Manning comes in to be President of Football Operations in order to be the "face" of the franchise and make sure that the business and PR sides of the team was well taken care of. The PR is a bit of a mess right now; his presence would calm the fan base immediately.

Step 2: Have Chris Ballard continue to build the football side of the operation as GM with molding the scouting staff, maintaining player management, hiring a new medical staff and managing the salary cap.

Step 3: Hire a new HC (trust whomever Ballard ends up picking) with new coaching staff to wipe away the old systems and install something that, hopefully, is innovative and makes sense.

Step 4: Overpay (in terms of salary cap or draft picks) to FIX the offensive line for the 1st time in years.

Step 5: Add a couple of more impact players to the defense.

Step 6: Ensure that the offensive specialty positions are stocked "well enough" for Luck and the Colts to field a top ten offense.

We are now looking at an excess of $80m in 2018 cap space to use on free agents (our own and those from other teams) and a full spread of draft picks including the possibility of trading down from the #2/#3 overall to gain even more 2018 picks.

All of that can be achieved in 2018. That would be a house-clearing and a potentially huge turnaround.

Walk Worthy,