Ballard, who simply completed his eighth season as GM in Indianapolis, has been beneath heavy hearth by the media these days. Throughout his tenure, the Colts have didn’t win a single division title. The crew began season 4-3 with wins over the Steelers and Dolphins, however a three-game shedding streak adopted by alternating wins and losses to shut the yr left the Colts at 8-9 and two spots out of the playoffs. That is the sixth time in Ballard’s eight years that Indianapolis has missed the playoffs and the fourth season in a row.
Whereas Ballard was considered to be on the hot seat, in keeping with Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports activities, Steichen was more likely to return as head coach. Solely in his second season as head coach, Steichen has gone a constant 17-17 because the skipper of the Colts.
If there’s certainly an issue within the management in Indianapolis, it might be communication. There have been rumblings of an absence of route in addition to some “public misconceptions as a result of comparatively excessive degree of secrecy throughout the constructing.” This has been particularly the case surrounding the dealing with of the beginning quarterback place and the benching of high 2023 draft choose Anthony Richardson. The notion is that the communication points have been within the constructing for years, however with Steichen as head coach, the problems have improved.
If there’s a teaching change, although, Jones anticipates that it may come on protection. With the crew getting into Week 18 at twenty seventh in factors allowed and twenty ninth in yards allowed, defensive coordinator Gus Bradley could not find yourself returning to educate the protection in 2025.
As for Ballard and Steichen, Irsay’s feedback appear to point that no modifications can be made. The crew will hope to seek out its route beneath yr 9 of Ballard and yr three of Steichen.
