Colts General Manager Chris Ballard has been drenched in praise

for the job he did putting together a Colts team that went from 4-12 in 2017 to 10-6 with a playoff win in 2018 Quenton Nelson Color Rush Jersey , but he made it clear on Monday that his job isn’t anywhere close to done.Ballard heads into an offseason with a strong core of players, lots of cap room and a healthy package of draft picks to use toward making what he calls the “hard step” from being a good team to a great team. Ballard said he absolutely believes Indianapolis has become “an attractive place” for players, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to blow the doors down when free agency opens in March.“When it gets out of reach, I just think we are comfortable enough to sleep at night saying we are going to find [another] answer https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Andrew-Luck-Jersey ,” Ballard said, via the . “Sometimes it might be the household name that everybody wants us to sign, and that’s OK. I get it. But we are going to find an answer. Whether it’s in the first window of free agency, or maybe it’s in the second window Josh Ferguson Jersey , maybe it’s the draft, maybe it’s after the draft, maybe it’s at the cut-down day. There’s times to acquire players at all points in the season.”Ballard’s track record provides confidence that he’ll find the right answers to the questions that face the Colts as they try to turn this year’s success into the foundation for a long run. Colts linebacker Darius Leonard was in Atlanta for Super Bowl weekend in order to pick up the defensive rookie of the year award he earned by leading the league in tackles during his first NFL campaign.Leonard also had seven sacks, four forced fumbles and two interceptions as he made an impact all over the field after joining Indianapolis as a second-round pick. That impact led to a slew of awards and a spot on the All-Pro team T.J. Green Color Rush Jersey , but Leonard insists that it’s just the floor for what he hopes to accomplish.“I don’t have a Super Bowl ring, I don’t have an MVP next to my name, so I haven’t done anything,” Leonard said https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Matthias-Farley-Jersey , via the . “I’ve definitely got to get 10 times better.”The additions of Leonard and guard Quenton Nelson in the first two rounds of the draft and the return of quarterback Andrew Luck helped lift the Colts back into the postseason. Taking the next step will require another round of successful offseason moves, although striking the same gold won’t be an easy task.