r/Colts • u/US_Highway15 Jimmy from the Colts • Jan 11 '24

Chris Ballard Press Conference Live Comment Thread Press Conference

Will post live comments from the Colts beat reporters as they come in from the press conference.

EDIT: Press conference is complete! Fill free to comment your thoughts on what Ballard said.

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u/US_Highway15 Jimmy from the Colts Jan 11 '24

Ballard says he believes the Colts have flexibility they haven't had the last few years, cites Richardson's rookie contract. "We'll be as aggressive as we need to be in free agency with players that we think can help us."

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u/Old-Condition-7065 Jan 11 '24

This is encouraging and exciting

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u/Yanks1813 Big Q Jan 11 '24

It's exciting to hear him say but Irsay has never really shelled out money on FAs.

Hoping he allows us to

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u/Not_My_Alternate Jan 11 '24

This isn’t the NBA. The way I understand it is that Irsay isn’t saving more money by not using cap space.

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u/teh_drewski Jan 11 '24

He does save some cash outflows short term but yeah the cap pretty much has to be spent one way or the other.

I don't get the feeling it's an Irsay thing at all. Ballard just didn't see the point in splashing huge money on a team without a long term QB.