INDIANAPOLIS — The joke’s a familiar one by now.
A joke that Colts general manager Chris Ballard knows will play with his audience. A little less than a week to go before the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, Ballard wrapped up his predraft conference by telling the local media he’d talk to them again on Friday.
Friday.
The day of the draft’s second and third rounds. The first round takes place Thursday night, the same night it always has, and Ballard’s signature sign-off is a wink and a nod to the expectation the Colts will trade out of their first-round pick, No.