The Seattle Seahawks should explore every possible move to improve their roster before the trade deadline in three weeks, and the Indianapolis Colts just did something that makes stars like running back Jonathan Taylor and guard Quenton Nelson look like available options to them immediately.
The Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard on Monday after a 2-4 start and promoted Ed Dodds into an audition for the job starting now. Dodds started working for the Seahawks as a scout in 2007 and moved up the ladder in Seattle over the next decade, serving as John Schneider’s Senior personnel executive from 2015-2016.
Schneider has improved the roster prior to each of the last three NFL trade deadlines. Now a former protégé is calling shots for a team open to a rebuild and they hold they keys to at least two _obvious_ upgrades for an offense suffering due to these weaknesses.
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Colts assistant general manager Ed Dodds will lead the team’s personnel department for the rest of the season, sources tell @ringer @netflixsports. A candidate for several GM jobs in recent years, Dodds now takes over a 2-4 Colts roster with 22 days to the trade deadline. …
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What are the logistics of trades for Taylor, Nelson, and anyone else?