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• Dayo Odeyingbo feels more comfortable after fully recovering from torn Achilles

  19-05-2022 12:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo made it into the Colts lineup for the final 10 games of the 2021 season, but he wasn’t playing at the level that made him a second-round pick last spring. Odeyingbo tore his Achilles during Senior Bowl workouts and said that he was healthy enough to play, but “the rest of [more]
  
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• Parris Campbell enjoying “first real healthy offseason” of NFL career

  18-05-2022 20:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts took wide receiver Alec Pierce in the second round of this year’s draft and the way Parris Campbell‘s career has unfolded likely impacted that decision. Campbell has only played in 15 games over his first three seasons because of injuries, including the foot injury that limited him to six appearances in 2021. The [more]
  
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• Phillip Lindsay agrees to deal with Colts

  17-05-2022 20:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Running back Phillip Lindsay said in April that he was looking for the right fit before signing a contract for the 2022 season and he apparently found it in Indianapolis. Lindsay’s agent Mike McCartney announced on Tuesday that Lindsay has agreed to terms with the Colts. It’s a one-year deal for Lindsay with the AFC [more]
  
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• Frank Reich: Being close with Doug Pederson will make battles with Jags even harder

  17-05-2022 17:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts head coach Frank Reich and new Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson are close friends. They were teammates briefly on the Panthers in the 90s. But more recently they coached together with Philadelphia, winning Super Bowl LII before Reich was hired in Indianapolis. Taking the 2021 season off from coaching after the Eagles fired him, [more]
  
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• Colts sign Alec Pierce

  16-05-2022 23:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts second-round pick Alec Pierce is under contract. The Colts announced that the wide receiver signed his four-year deal with the team on Monday. Pierce was the team’s top pick in April and he is the sixth of eight picks to sign with the team. Pierce had 52 catches for 884 yards and four touchdowns [more]
  
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• Frank Reich on signing a veteran QB: We’re always looking at who makes us better

  16-05-2022 14:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts upgraded the starting quarterback spot when they traded for Matt Ryan earlier this year, but they have not made any corresponding moves lower down the depth chart. 2021 sixth-round pick Sam Ehlinger is the backup with James Morgan and undrafted rookie Jack Coan also on the roster. That led to a question for [more]
  
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• Lions, Colts plan joint preseason practices

  15-05-2022 11:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Lions and Colts will practice together twice before they play in Week Two of the preseason. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he sees the competition of practicing against another team is beneficial amid a long summer of teammates practicing against each other. “It’s a change in intensity because you’re going against another opponent, and [more]
  
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• Antonio Callaway participating in Colts’ rookie minicamp

  14-05-2022 04:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Antonio Callaway hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2020 season. That hasn’t stopped him from hoping for a return. The Colts are giving the receiver a chance to make an impression, with Callaway attending their rookie minicamp this weekend on a tryout basis. Callaway, 25, signed a futures deal with Kansas City in January [more]
  
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• Colts sign third-rounder Nick Cross

  14-05-2022 00:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts announced the signing of third-round choice Nick Cross. The safety’s signing of his four-year deal means the team now has signed five of eight draft picks. Fifth-round defensive tackle Eric Johnson II, sixth-round tight end Andrew Ogletree, sixth-round defensive tackle Curtis Brooks and seventh-round cornerback Rodney Thomas II signed their four-year deals earlier [more]
  
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• Indianapolis Colts schedule 2022: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18 

  13-05-2022 22:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 9-8 Indianapolis Colts narrowly missed the playoffs in 2021, and this offseason traded for veteran QB Matt Ryan, who will succeed Carson Wentz (now with Washington). Now that the 18-week 2022 NFL schedule has been released, keep reading to see the Colts’ full schedule, including dates, times, opponents, primetime games and more. Coverage of [more]
  
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• Colts sign four draft picks, 22 undrafted free agents

  13-05-2022 15:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts announced a slew of rookie signings on Friday morning. The team has locked up four of their draft picks from last month and they have also brought in 22 undrafted rookies ahead of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Fifth-round defensive tackle Eric Johnson II, sixth-round tight end Andrew Ogletree, sixth-round defensive tackle Curtis Brooks [more]
  
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• Five games are eligible for Week 15 Saturday triple-header

  13-05-2022 02:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With Christmas Day falling on a Sunday in 2022, most of the Week 16 matchups will be played on Saturday with three featured games on Dec. 25. The week before, it will be the opposite. The NFL will have a Saturday triple-header on Dec. 17, with five games in a pool that are eligible to [more]
  
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• Monday Night Football: Broncos at Seahawks kicks off ESPN’s schedule

  13-05-2022 02:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  ESPN will debut a new broadcasting team this season, having lured Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox to join sideline reporter Lisa Salters and rules analyst John Parry. Michelle Beisner-Buck also joins the team to present feature content. The crew will hit the ground running, getting Russell Wilson‘s return to Seattle in his Broncos [more]
  
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• Carson Wentz and Commanders face Eagles Weeks 3 and 10, Colts Week 8

  13-05-2022 02:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz now knows when he’s visiting his former teams. Wentz, who was traded from the Eagles to the Colts last year and from the Colts to the Commanders this year, will play the Eagles twice and the Colts once in 2022. The Commanders play at home against the Eagles in Week [more]
  
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• Chiefs-Cardinals, Raiders-Chargers highlight Sunday afternoon schedule in Week 1

  13-05-2022 00:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The three biggest games of the league’s opening weekend all were previously reported: The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 NFL season with a Thursday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium; the Bucs will play at the Cowboys in the first Sunday Night Football game, which is a rematch of their season opener [more]
  
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• Jonathan Taylor: It’s been amazing to have Matt Ryan here

  12-05-2022 15:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After the failed Carson Wentz experiment in Indianapolis, the Colts brought in Matt Ryan to stabilize the quarterback position. Acquiring Ryan could set the team up to take down the Titans as the top dog in the AFC South. But the QB has already had a tangibly positive effect during the early stages of the [more]
  
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• Matt Pryor: They say the more you can do, the less you get paid

  11-05-2022 21:55 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Anthony Castonzo retired following the 2020 season, the Colts elected to sign former Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher to man the position in 2021. But Fisher was coming off an Achilles tear during the 2020 postseason and never quite regained his form last season. So Indianapolis is once again searching for a solution at [more]
  
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• DeMarcus Walker visits Colts, has visit scheduled with Titans

  11-05-2022 04:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free agent defensive lineman DeMarcus Walker visited the Colts on Tuesday, Aaron Wilson of profootballnetwork.com reports. Walker is headed to the Titans on Wednesday. Walker, 27, spent last season in Houston. He played 13 games for the Texans, with two starts, and totaled 31 tackles, two sacks, seven quarterback hits and a forced fumble. Walker [more]
  
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• Chris Ballard: Every team has a hole

  10-05-2022 21:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In the Super Bowl era, only the 1972 Dolphins have ever finished with a perfect record. But even they weren’t the perfect team as no one outside of Miami would vote them the greatest team in history. Colts General Manager Chris Ballard said there is not a perfect team. “I will say this: Every team [more]
  
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• Jim Irsay makes $2 million bid on Kurt Cobain guitar

  10-05-2022 19:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts owner Jim Irsay has spent millions of dollars on music memorabilia, and he’s prepared to spend millions more in an auction that he says he’s supporting not only for the item up for sale but for the cause it will support. The item in question is a Fender guitar Kurt Cobain played in the [more]
  
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• Colts release Malik Jefferson, Shon Coleman

  10-05-2022 17:26 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts confirmed the signing of tackle Dennis Kelly on Tuesday and the announcement of that move came with word of four cuts they’ve made to their 90-man roster. Linebacker Malik Jefferson and tackle Shon Coleman were released while tight ends Farrod Green and Eli Wolf were waived. The Colts hold their rookie minicamp this [more]
  
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• Peyton Manning, John Elway remain on sideline of Broncos’ bidding process

  10-05-2022 17:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We now know what Tom Brady will be doing once his on-field career ends. We’re still waiting for Peyton Manning’s post-playing plan to fully bloom. Despite a belief that Manning would align with one of the groups vying to buy the Broncos, Manning is playing it cool, and coy. Mike Klis of 9News in Denver [more]
  
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• Colts to sign Dennis Kelly

  10-05-2022 14:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Dennis Kelly is joining the Colts. The veteran offensive tackle visited the team last month and his former Titans teammate Taylor Lewan broke the news that Kelly will be signing with Tennessee’s AFC South rivals on Tuesday. Kelly played for the Titans from 2016 to 2020 and then moved on to the Packers last season. [more]
  
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• Report: Eagles interviewing Morocco Brown for high-ranking position

  10-05-2022 01:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman is remaking the front office. After interviewing Steelers pro scouting coordinator Brandon Hunt over the weekend, the Eagles will interview Colts director of scouting Morocco Brown this week, Geoff Mosher of insidethebirds.com reports. The job is unspecified other than being “a high-ranking executive position.” The Eagles reportedly hired Charles Walls [more]
  
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• Desmond Ridder workout attracted Colts to Alec Pierce

  08-05-2022 02:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Prior to the draft, the Colts went to Cincinnati to put quarterback Desmond Ridder through a private workout. They emerged with a strong interest in his former Bearcats teammate, receiver Alec Pierce. “Big, athletic, vertical threat that we needed to add to our offense,” Ballard told #PFTPM this week regarding Pierce, a second-round pick in [more]
  
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• Reggie Wayne: Colts’ young receivers “feel a little bit disrespected”

  07-05-2022 03:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts receiver Michael Pittman, a 2020 2nd-round pick, caught 88 passes for 1,082 yards and six touchdowns in a breakout season. The team’s other returning wideouts combined for 28 receptions for 387 yards and four touchdowns. So, of course, there are questions about the Colts’ receiving corps. They are not Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne. [more]
  
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• Former NFL linebacker Bill Laskey dies at 79

  07-05-2022 00:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL linebacker Bill Laskey has died, the Raiders announced Friday. Laskey was 79. “The Las Vegas Raiders are saddened by the passing of Bill Laskey, who proudly wore the Silver and Black from 1966-70. Our thoughts are with his wife Dona, sons Lance and Beau, daughter Margaux, friends and teammates,” the Raiders wrote on [more]
  
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• Chris Ballard echoes Mike Tomlin; NFL teams should want volunteers, not hostages

  06-05-2022 18:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A trend has emerged in the NFL, with teams abandoning the “play for us or play for no one” attitude toward unhappy players and facilitating their departures to a team for which they’d rather play. The Colts benefited from that approach in March, via the ability to trade for quarterback Matt Ryan. Earlier this week, [more]
  
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• Even if Colts had made playoffs, Carson Wentz may not have been back

  06-05-2022 01:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s easy to assume that if the Colts had simply beaten the Jaguars in Week 18 of the 2021 season and qualified for the playoffs, the Colts would have kept quarterback Carson Wentz. That assumption quite possibly would be incorrect. “I think we still would’ve had some hard discussions,” G.M. Chris Ballard said during a [more]
  
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• Darius Leonard: Ankle feels a lot better, hope to avoid surgery

  05-05-2022 12:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts linebacker Darius Leonard had surgery on his ankle ahead of training camp last summer, but made it on the field in early August and wound up playing in 16 games during the regular season. Leonard wasn’t pain-free, however. His ankle needed extra attention and Leonard said he couldn’t play as freely as he’d like [more]
  
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• Reggie Wayne: It makes me throw up how much Matt Ryan reminds me of Peyton Manning

  05-05-2022 01:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Yet again, the Colts will have a different opening day starter. Matt Ryan will follow Scott Tolzien, Andrew Luck, Jacoby Brissett, Philip Rivers and Carson Wentz. The Colts traded a third-round choice to the Falcons for Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP. Receivers coach Reggie Wayne said Ryan reminds him of a different Colts’ quarterback. Peyton [more]
  
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• Matt Ryan: If Falcons hadn’t pursued Deshaun Watson, “pretty good chance” I’d still be there

  03-05-2022 17:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the offseason started, it looked like Matt Ryan was poised to stay the Falcons quarterback for at least 2022 — if not longer. But then Atlanta elected to pursue Deshaun Watson. That changed things for Ryan with the organization, as he detailed on the most recent episode of the Ryen Russillo podcast. While things [more]
  
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• AFC South teams allocated players from NFL’s International Player Pathway Program

  03-05-2022 15:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL has announced the names of four players who will be joining AFC South teams for the rest of the offseason as part of the league’s International Player Pathway Program. None of the players will count against the 90-man offseason roster limit and the Colts, Jaguars, Texans, and Titans will have an exemption to [more]
  
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• Nineteen 2019 first-rounders had their fifth-year options exercised

  03-05-2022 14:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Monday was the deadline for teams to exercise their fifth-year options on the contracts of 2019 first-round picks and 19 of those options wound up being exercised. That group includes first-overall pick Kyler Murray, who may land a long-term contract extension before the start of the 2022 season. All the players in the class are [more]
  
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• Carson Strong gets $320,000 guaranteed from Eagles

  01-05-2022 19:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  NFL teams have a strict limit on the signing bonuses that can be given to undrafted free agents. However, they’re not limited in the salaries or guarantees made to the undrafted rookies. Some big guarantees have been handed out in the land rush following the 2022 draft. Leading the way, so far, is quarterback Carson [more]
  
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• Bears agree to release Nick Foles

  01-05-2022 04:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The MVP of Super Bowl LII is about to be a free agent, again. The Bears have agreed to release quarterback Nick Foles. His agent Justin Schulman confirmed the news to Mike Garafolo of NFL Media. The Bears opted to make the move on in lieu of continuing to search for a trade partner. “[G.M.] [more]
  
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• Jim Irsay sees Matt Ryan as a mutiyear acquisition

  30-04-2022 23:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  For the sixth consecutive season, and the seventh in eight years, the Colts will have a different opening day starter. Matt Ryan will follow Scott Tolzien, Andrew Luck, Jacoby Brissett, Philip Rivers and Carson Wentz. The Colts traded a third-round choice to the Falcons for Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP. Ryan looks like another bridge [more]
  
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• Colts draft picks 2022: All of Indianapolis’ selections, NFL draft results, team order

  30-04-2022 18:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Indianapolis Colts have seven picks in the 2022 NFL Draft and will make their first selection with the 42nd overall pick in the second round.  After just one season, the Carson Wentz experiment in Indianapolis is over. The Colts went 9-8 last year and missed the playoffs with Wentz at QB before choosing to [more]
  
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• Through two rounds, still only one quarterback has been drafted

  30-04-2022 03:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Malik Willis was the betting favorite to be the first quarterback selected in the 2022 draft. Through two rounds of the 2022 draft, Willis hasn’t been picked. Through two rounds of the 2022 draft, only one quarterback has been selected. That was Kenny Pickett, taken No. 20 in round one. Through the balance of the [more]
  
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• With only one taken in the first round, quarterbacks hover over rounds two and three

  29-04-2022 16:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The first night of the draft came and went with only one quarterback drafted. This means that the teams who need quarterbacks remain firmly in play to draft one of the remaining prospects — or to trade for someone like Baker Mayfield or Jimmy Garoppolo. With Kenny Pickett gone, those who remain include Malik Willis, [more]
  
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• DeForest Buckner: I’m excited about what Yannick Ngakoue brings to the table

  28-04-2022 17:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts helped out their transition to Gus Bradley’s defensive scheme by adding edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue in March. Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner was particularly happy about the trade, saying he was “jumping for joy” during a press conference on Wednesday. “I was really excited in being able to add an elite rusher like Yannick,” [more]
  
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• Gus Bradley: I think Stephon Gilmore fits us pretty well

  28-04-2022 15:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts signed veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore earlier this month to a two-year deal, an important signing for a team trying to challenge the Titans in the AFC South. Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said during a Wednesday press conference that he didn’t know Gilmore personally before Indianapolis began showing interest. But Gilmore is close to [more]
  
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• Matt Ryan: Nyheim Hines is going to be a nice tool for us

  28-04-2022 12:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts have had a revolving door at quarterback over the last four seasons and that’s had a big impact on running back Nyheim Hines. Hines caught 63 passes playing with Andrew Luck in 2018, but dropped to 44 after Luck’s retirement the next year. He was back up to 63 catches after Philip Rivers [more]
  
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• Marcus Brady: Matt Ryan fits our offense perfectly

  28-04-2022 03:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  After three meetings with Matt Ryan last week, head coach Frank Reich estimated the Colts have tweaked 10 percent of their offense to reflect the quarterback’s preferences. “A lot of it is, ‘OK, this is the type of offense we run here,'” offensive coordinator Marcus Brady said, via Mike Chappell of Fox 59. “A lot [more]
  
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• Darius Philon visits Colts

  27-04-2022 23:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts hosted defensive tackle Darius Philon on a free agent visit Wednesday. Philon recently visited the Raiders, whom he played for last season under now-Colts defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. Philon, 28, had not played in the NFL since 2018 when he saw action in 11 games with the Raiders in 2021. He injured his [more]
  
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• Matt Ryan: I think we’ve got a great group of receivers

  27-04-2022 19:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Quarterback Matt Ryan has had some time to get to know his new teammates with the Colts, including the group of players who will be tasked with catching his passes during the 2022 season. It’s a group that has come under some scrutiny this offseason. Many have noted the lack of proven depth behind Michael [more]
  
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• Ron Rivera: Carson Wentz is helping create a “vibe that you’re looking for”

  27-04-2022 15:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Carson Wentz was out the door at his first two NFL stops, he faced criticism that was along the same lines. Last month, Zak Keefer of TheAthletic.com reported that some in the Colts organization concluded that Wentz showed, “a lack of leadership, resistance to hard coaching, and a reckless style of play.” While it’s [more]
  
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• Dennis Kelly visited Colts

  27-04-2022 00:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Colts brought a veteran tackle in for a visit on Tuesday. The NFL’s daily wire brought word that Dennis Kelly was in Indianapolis to meet with the team. Kelly is a familiar face to the Colts after spending five seasons in the AFC South as a member of the Titans. He moved on to [more]
  
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• Chris Ballard downplays Colts’ interest in drafting a QB, says stories are leaked by agents

  23-04-2022 10:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Colts General Manager Chris Ballard says not to read anything into the pre-draft work he has done on some of the top quarterback prospects. Although the Colts had visits with Liberty’s Malik Willis, North Carolina’s Sam Howell and Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder, Ballard said there is no doubt about the Colts’ commitment to quarterback Matt Ryan. [more]
  
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• Chris Ballard: We will still have some talks with T.Y. Hilton

  22-04-2022 18:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver depth was a topic of conversation when Colts head coach Frank Reich spoke to the media earlier this week and it came up again when General Manager Chris Ballard held his own press conference on Friday. Ballard said “everybody’s scared of the unknown” when it comes to the outside perception of a group [more]
  
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