ESPN.com · Jan 8, 2019
Colts' incredible turnaround happened fast, but was no quick fix
INDIANAPOLIS -- The word "rebuild" was not talked about last winter when Frank Reich was named coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
It wasn't discussed when general manager Chris Ballard was more a thrifty shopper than a big spender during free agency. The same when Ballard moved back from No. 3 to No. 6 to gather more picks in last year's draft.
Moves like that might have screamed "rebuild" for a franchise in the midst of its longest playoff drought in 24 years, but if the Colts were to use an "R" word, it would have been "reload" as they worked to put pieces around the likes of Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton, Ryan Kelly and Malik Hooker.
