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Antonio Johnson gave the Indianapolis Colts almost five solid years of service. Originally a fifth-round pick by the Titans out of Mississippi State in 2007, Bill Polian reluctantly signed him off Tennessee's practice squad when the Colts were thi...

Chris Polian is officially the Jaguars' director of pro personnel. Jacksonville GM Dave Caldwell worked for Bill Polian and with Chris Polian in Indianapolis. Chris Polian became Indy's GM in 2009. Both Polians were fired following the 2011 season...

Reading the coverage ... Some final mock drafts from smart and informed people: Mike Mayock of NFL Network, Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe, Lance Zierlein of the Hous...

Insider draft guide files for AFC teams are out today at ESPN.com. Here is a glimpse and a reaction for the Indianapolis Colts: Where Chris Sprow says they don't draft well: "Welcome to the year 2013 A.D., something the Indianapolis history boo...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Having flying cars chauffeur prospects from meetings with doctors to news conferences and back to their hotel rooms doesn't appear to be on the horizon at the NFL scouting combine. But as the media's four days here got under way Th...

Bill Polian's got an Insider file up discussing each team's top needs as they approach the time to start adding via free agency and then the draft. Let's have a look. Texans Polian's key need: OLB "Texans LB Connor Barwin will be on the m...

ESPN's Bill Polian has a major Insider file out ranking the upcoming class of free agents. He divided them into three tiers: A Players: Worth paying big, starter-caliber money. B Players: Guys I would sign but only if the value made sense. ...

Before the start of the 2012 NFL season, I spent an evening writing some overdue notes. Like Sal Paolantonio of ESPN, who has a book on thank-you notes in the works, I have a thank-you-note rhythm. I don't write them nearly as frequently as Sal Pa...

When Jim Irsay ousted Bill Polian and decided to start with a fresh face leading the front office as well as the offensive huddle, he took a serious risk. Brusque as Polian was and despite missing on many of his player choices late in his term, he...

In whatever story Andrew Luck writes as an Indianapolis Colts quarterback, Bruce Arians will always occupy a vital place in the initial chapter. Barring a reunion later in their careers, that's likely to be the extent of it. Arians reportedly h...

Ryan Grigson took a hit when his right hand man in the Indianapolis front office, Tom Telesco, was hired as the general manager of the San Diego Chargers. "Tom will be great in San Diego," said ESPN analyst Bill Polian, who ran the Colts before G...

In their news release announcing Tom Telesco as their new GM, the San Diego Chargers included comments from Bill Polian and Tony Dungy who worked with the Colts. "I'm thrilled that Tom has been named the general manager of the Chargers," said Poli...

Two GM jobs have been filled in the last two days, and two guys who worked for Bill Polian in Indianapolis got the jobs. First David Caldwell moved from the Falcons' front office to Jacksonville to replace the fired Gene Smith. Now Tom Telesco, wh...

Reading the coverage... Houston Texans The Texans are lacking the sort of big plays that help make things easier, says Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. The reaction to news of his irregular heartbeat gave Arian Foster hope for humanity...

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady will always be linked as contemporaries and rivals. No matter how much longer Brady plays, it's unlikely he and Andrew Luck will be grouped in the same way. At this stage, the modest Luck is level-headed when his na...

Three Insider pieces of note plus one other that you'll want to be aware of: Bill Polian lists 11 emerging blue chip players. The top two are from the AFC South. Who's first and who's second out of Andrew Luck and J.J. Watt? I'll never tell. Ne...