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After selecting goaltender Quenton Nelson with sixth overall pick in the NFL 2018 draft, Colts general manager Chris Ballard entered an assembled press room to begin his regular press conference.
But before taking his place on the stage, Ballard glanced at a group of writers, smiled and said slyly, "I told you everything we were going to do."
Indeed he did it.
Ballard had repeated over the years 201 that the line of scrimmage – the trenches – was of the utmost importance. He wanted to build his football team from the inside, and on that point he was crystal clear. Many times. Rumors that the Colts would have chosen linebacker Roquan Smith or other potential hopes were certainly not attributable to Ballard. He took the big man, who became an All-Pro as a rookie. The decision was made, admitted Ballard, a few weeks earlier.
The lesson was simple: with Ballard, he means what he …
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