Colts GM Chris Ballard on drafting Laiatu Latu, working the FA market & more!

Colts GM Chris Ballard on drafting Laiatu Latu, working the FA market & more! | The Pat McAfee Show

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General Manager of the Indianapolis Colts Chris Ballard joins The Pat McAfee Show to discuss his 2024 Draft class, the free agent market and the upcoming season.
0:00 New hairstyle!
2:30 Drafting Laiatu Latu
5:30 New kickoff rules
9:30 Free agents
11:30 Adonai Mitchell
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@meganpersinger7194 Ай бұрын

I will never get tired of hearing McAfee stay true to the Colts. A true Colt for life. Love, love, love Pat! Always a great listen.

@billyeaglin7279 Ай бұрын

Get him in the ring of honor

@dwl815380 Ай бұрын

What Ballard mentions at about 10:00 is what sets coaches like Steichen and coaches like him fun to watch when he puts a team on the field. He adapts to his roster. It's great to plan for the players you'd like to have on the field and get the guys in the draft that you think will fill holes, but at the end of the day if you can't adapt your game plan to the players you have available you've already. Only a handful of NFL coaches seem to be able to pull this off. I hope we can retain Shane for as long as he wants to coach!

@KINDAtheexpert7608 Ай бұрын

Ballard with another MASTERCLASS of a draft. 🐐 I’ll say it NOW. Lombardi coming back HOME to INDY, where it BELONGS baby!! As soon as next yr. AR5 WILL BE mvp candidate on our way to playoffs. #fortheshoe

@ryta1203 Ай бұрын

The Colts record under Ballard is 54-60-1. Please don't hold your breath.

@TroIIingThemSoftly Ай бұрын

@@ryta1203 cope

@Nejineto Ай бұрын

I’m interested to see if Ballard learns from previous seasons. Where he has left a position group unaddressed. It’s cost the Colts in the past. You must exhaust every option to bring in additional depth to that secondary. The Colts are close and not is the time to push them in. Nice two year window maybe even three to win one.

@rayshaunharris9497 Ай бұрын

Previous seasons were completely different gotta remember that, you cant go all out if we were rotating qbs for 6 or 7 of the yrs it just wouldn’t be smart, these next few seasons are where we see what hes made of he already rebuilt the roster from where it started

@bburchibanez2 Ай бұрын

He mentioned that he’s looking at some Vets, and you can only assume he means DBs. Waited to see if they picked a DB early, and now have some decisions to make. Simmons would be a great Safety pickup for a year or two. Gilmore could also make a return for a year if he wants. He’s losing a little more every year at this point, but he’s still solid. We would be in a pretty good spot after that

@king_supreme1102 Ай бұрын

It’s also payed off in the past. Recently with the O-line. Now it’s back to being good.

@akajoey Ай бұрын

This is up to the DC in my opinion. We played so much cover 3 which is outdated in today’s league and doesn’t allow for a good display of talent. Hoping Gus makes a scheme change and allows the young guns to shine and prove how good they actually are

@WaxanFlaxan99 Ай бұрын

Well when you’re young star qb goes down, there goes the season. The colts were lucky that Minshew balled out like he did.

@veldrensavoth7119 Ай бұрын

That’s my GM *12 wins or bust*

@HUBBAxxTAPOUT Ай бұрын

7 seasons only 2 playoff appearances and only 1 post season win 😢 we've been busting out for a while

@veldrensavoth7119 Ай бұрын

@@HUBBAxxTAPOUT yeah because our franchise was ran by an idiot and our division was alot weaker back then. Then we got terrible and other teams in our division got better.

@HUBBAxxTAPOUT Ай бұрын

@veldrensavoth7119 idk man I want to support him but the stats speak for themselves at this point

@veldrensavoth7119 Ай бұрын

@@HUBBAxxTAPOUT that’s why it’s 12 wins or bust, because with his states if he can win a Super Bowl with *GuS Bradley* he can win 12 games. 12/17 isn’t that Hard.

@HUBBAxxTAPOUT Ай бұрын

@@veldrensavoth7119 well see I guess 🥲

@kingkracker1998 Ай бұрын

Yeah, Pat's draft day, extravaganza was the best draft day show.I've ever seen.Bill bellacheck was amazing

@zackhicks5320 Ай бұрын

Chris Ballard has shown he can draft every position well except QB. Richardson needs to be a home run or else he’s probably the next big fire

@GetExposedChump Ай бұрын

Perfectly said.

@bigmacola9 Ай бұрын

Laiatu will have 20 bags.

@carrite Ай бұрын

As a Colts fan, I'd be happy with 10.

@BS-ze6ne Ай бұрын

The way ballard said “okay” and accepted the challenge of cutting his hair when the colts win the super got me so excited. Go Colts!

@Reynar7 Ай бұрын

Set the bar higher. Aim for Clay Matthew's hair 😂

@Shuvvel Ай бұрын

Chris Ballard can tell you everything and tell you nothing at the same time. Watching him work in interviews like this is fun.

@NachoManBoy4 Ай бұрын

Go colts

@jakepeeples2885 16 күн бұрын

If Jimmy just let's Chris and Shane work they will bring us chips bro. I believe in them. We keep our talent. I think we are building a dynasty. He believes in his coaches to develop the players. The scouts to find them. I love this building with him in it and running it. We couldn't be in better hands. I believe in Chris

@YouTubetail Ай бұрын

Great 👍🏼

@tanner9956 Ай бұрын

The colts capitalized on the falcons mistake

@scottarneson4989 Ай бұрын

Northern Wisconsin? Have to get everyone some HODAG GEAR!

@ImThatGuy02 Ай бұрын

Goat GM

@AnthonyGiallourakis Ай бұрын

The best GM in the NFL.

@mikaelhaggard8031 Ай бұрын

8 years, 54-61, 0 division titles, 1 playoff win. No question, 😆 .

@AnthonyGiallourakis Ай бұрын

@@mikaelhaggard8031 I am a new Colts fan. Started last year. They did very well considering injuries and a new coach. This year they will dominate. What happened in the past doesn't count since I am making that claim based on today, not many years ago. He is the best GM in the NFL now (today). At the end of this year's season, that will become apparent.

@mikaelhaggard8031 Ай бұрын

@@AnthonyGiallourakis you don't get that title with that record.

@Carlos-en1ws Ай бұрын

Dammit Atlanta...smh.

@ryta1203 Ай бұрын

Ballard always makes me think he's trying hard and he wants to win but he's not really sure of his own ability. That's probably justified given the Colts record under his tenure.

@la7era1u54 Ай бұрын

I haven't been a huge fan of the Colts draft targets the last few years, but I think Latu will be one of the best defensive players drafted in years. I really think he will be that good. It's too bad you're still stuck with Anthony Richardson

@LurganGoon91 Ай бұрын

Stuck with Richardson?

@markg1110 Ай бұрын

Get out of here with that nonsense. Richardson was outperforming stroud before he got hurt yet I’m sure you loveee stroud…

@Pain-rk7hu Ай бұрын

Lol AR is him fool

@marcoso26 Ай бұрын

@la7era1u54 You smoking crack my boy

@TheIncredibleHoosier Ай бұрын

IRSAY needs to fire this clown!

@carrite Ай бұрын

Troll much?

@mikaelhaggard8031 Ай бұрын

@@carrite 54-61, 8 years, 0 division titles. He's lucky to be there.

@TheIncredibleHoosier Ай бұрын

@@carrite what has he done good since he got the job? I’ll wait..

@wingsandstrings6626 Ай бұрын

Dude acts like he’s won 4 super bowls. Bro better figure it out . . . Quickly

@linksaze3806 Ай бұрын

Seriously chris is pretty good at drafting. He made mistakes at quarterback,but honestly every team in the NFL has made mistakes at quarterback

@TheIncredibleHoosier Ай бұрын

@@linksaze3806stop it. Ballard sucks

@yanksfan6833 Ай бұрын

He’s so corny and overrated. 0 AFC South titles

@vitigaymer1053 Ай бұрын

Cant be too hard on him...future GOATS CJ Stroud and Will Levis are in his division. Titans and Texans will rule that div for the next decade

@vorhees2093 Ай бұрын

Coming from a mfer with a corny azszs name like that 😂 go study baseball

@drewtoya8015 Ай бұрын

@@vitigaymer1053 Texans maybe but the tits? GTFO

@domdomdiddy3036 Ай бұрын

@vitigaymer1053 Titans lol, thats a good one!

@zacharydavis5822 Ай бұрын

@@vitigaymer1053😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@GenoSackDaddy Ай бұрын

We should have tanked then Chris. You failed to have simple foresight to realize COLTS ROYALTY was going in top of draft.