The Grigson Era

If you would have asked me in 2011 when the sky was falling for most Indy fans where I thought this team would be going into the 2013 season it certainly wouldnt have Included an 11-5 season, a coach who battled cancer, an interim coach who stepped in and won coach of the year and a General Manager who won the same award as an executive. I probably would have told you we would be picking in the top 10 for the second year in a row with a young stud QB who had just come off of a solid but not great year. I would say that in Free Agency and the draft we would be looking for offensive game changers and defensive starters to fit the scheme, and I would have only been half correct.

In 2012, much to the delight of all the fans, the Colts had a great season by any measurement. Making the Playoffs gave the fans, team and front office confidence in the future that is bright. As bright as it may be, it still had some massive holes. Holes that are now filled with names like Gosder Cherilus, Greg Toler, Eric Walden, LaRon Landry, Daniel Thomas and a “whopper WR” that has yet to be named, if it ever will be in the Free Agency Period. This after a 2012 draft that the Colts absolutely knocked out of the park by finding a Franchise Quarterback, budding stars in Dwayne Allen, Coby Fleener, TY Hilton, and a solid to good Running Back in Vick Ballard. Follow that up with looking like a genius in hiring the inspirational coach Chuck Pagano, a solid but not great OC in Bruce Arians, and a good pairing with Chuck at DC in Greg Manusky and you have the pillars of foundation towards another decade of dominance like the Manning Era provided. I believe he did over pay for a few Free Agents this year, and has to work magic with a limited amount of draft picks this year, but after what I have seen so far, I trust the man to get the job done. All in all, over the first year and a half of Grigson’s Era as a General Manager i would give him a grade of B+ with class still in session.