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Colts GM search: One of NFL's most coveted jobs is open

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INDIANAPOLIS – Show of hands.

“Hey, do you want to come to Indianapolis and win a world championship?”

(Hundreds of arms instantly shoot up in offices across the NFL.)

Jim Irsay needn’t answer his own hypothetical Saturday evening. The Indianapolis Colts’ owner had made a decision hours earlier – here’s your pink slip, Ryan Grigson – that left front-office types across the football world salivating. Suddenly, and somewhat stunningly, one of the most enticing general manager posts in football was vacant.

A heck of an opportunity just opened up; it’s Irsay’s job to determine who fills it.