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Tales From the Front Office with Bill Kuharich and Drew Yanno
Colts GM Chris Ballard on Building an NFL Roster, Scouting & Daniel Jones
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Indianapolis Colts GM Chris Ballard joins Drew Yanno and Bill Kuharich for an inside look at life running an NFL front office. Ballard discusses his path from coaching and scouting to becoming a general manager, lessons from Andy Reid and other mentors, working with Colts ownership, the relationship between a GM and head coach, how draft disagreements are settled, what he looks for in scouts, the growing role of analytics and AI in football, and why the Colts believed in Daniel Jones.0:00 Chris Ballard joins the show1:36 Ballard's path to becoming an NFL GM3:40 Lessons from his early coaching and scouting career7:25 Building and empowering a front office staff8:31 How Ballard landed the…