Colts fire GM Chris Ballard after loss to Titans

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The group revealed its choice to proceed from Ballard early Monday early morning. The Colts decided to maintain Ballard for a 10th season previously this offseason in spite of a huge collapse in the 2nd half of last season that saw the group surface 8-9 after leaving to an 8-2 start. Ballard was employed as the Colts GM in 2017 and entrusts to simply 2 postseason berths and absolutely no department titles to his name. The abrupt retirement of Andrew Luck before the start of the 2018 season provided an early difficulty for Ballard to unexpectedly discover a brand-new QB, which frequently led to short-term responses to fix a long-lasting issue. After the similarity Philip Rivers, Matt Ryan, and Carson Wentz travelled through the company, the Colts lastly picked Anthony Richardson in the preliminary of the 2023 NFL Draft in hopes of landing their guy. When it emerged Richardson wasn’t the response, the group signed Daniel Jones, who kipped down a strong 2025 project and was rewarded with a two-year, $88 million agreement previously this offseason. Amongst the several mistakes by Ballard throughout his Colts period is the trade for cornerback Sauce Gardner, whom he got in exchange for the group’s 2026 and 2027 first-round choices. Couple of GMs get the leash that Ballard was offered with by the Colts, however this seemed like a relocation that was predestined to occur now or at the end of the season. Now, the Colts can get a running start on their next GM search in what is forming up to be another rough season. The group revealed that head coach Shane Steichen will stay in his function in the meantime.