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John Simon making Chris Ballard look smart -- again

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INDIANAPOLIS -- John Simon already made Chris Ballard look smart once. This year, with the odds stacked against him, he's out to do it again.

A free agent acquisition in the Indianapolis Colts general manager's first offseason, Simon quickly made Ballard look good as he established himself as a standout defender in the first half of the season. Before suffering a shoulder injury in a late-October game against Jacksonville, the instinctual outside linebacker had been a tone-setter for the Colts, racking up 37 tackles, three sacks and a pick-six in only six games.