Colts Fire GM Chris Ballard After 2-4 Start as Loss to 0-6 Titans Spurs Change
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Updated · ESPN · Oct 19
Colts Fire GM Chris Ballard After 2-4 Start as Loss to 0-6 Titans Spurs Change
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Oct 19
Summary
Indianapolis dismissed Chris Ballard on Monday, one day after a 26-20 home loss to the previously winless Titans left the Colts at 2-4.
Carlie Irsay-Gordon said making the move midseason was deliberate, arguing that waiting would only delay work needed to restore the franchise's championship standard.
Ballard, hired in 2017, leaves without an AFC South title; the Colts reached the playoffs only twice under him and won just 1 postseason game.
The firing marks a rare in-season front-office shake-up for Indianapolis and signals ownership wants a reset to begin immediately rather than after the season.