When former Dolphins Nick Buoniconti started falling, he knew something was wrong. What he and his family didn’t know was that they’d take a winding path to figuring out what.
It’s not like Chris Ballard needed much more to like in Andrew Luck, and the then-Chiefs executive didn’t have any idea that he’d soon be building a team around him.
But if there were any boxes still empty, the Colts franchise quarterback checked them for Ballard last Oct. 30. Ballard stayed behind in the press box after a Chiefs win in Indy, making calls to set up Monday free-agent workouts in the wake of a slew of Kansas City injuries.