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Insider: Colts' Chris Ballard breaks down film on picks from NFL Draft

Insiders Stephen Holder and Zak Keefer wrap up the final day of the Colts draft. Clark Wade/IndyStar

INDIANAPOLIS – The draft was over, the job complete, and now it finally was time for Chris Ballard to take a load off.

The Indianapolis Colts’ general manager walks into the team’s war room wearing … flip flops.

But he’s earned the right to relax. He and his scouting staff have been grinding for months, starting with 17 consecutive days of 12-hour meetings in February during which they reviewed film of and debated hundreds of prospects in intimate detail.