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The 2020 NFL trade deadline came and went without much activity at all, and Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard wasn’t surprised in the slightest given the surrounding the circumstances and future implications.
Given the protocols brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic along with a 2021 salary cap that will be slightly lower, Ballard wasn’t expecting much to happen in regards to the Colts making a move.
He told 1070 The Fan this week that they fielded some calls per usual but given the offers they received and the surrounding factors, Ballard wasn’t going into the trade deadline expecting any moves to be made.
“Yeah, I do think that. I do think that, you know, the six-day wait period and the uncertainty of future (salary) cap — you know, what the numbers on the future cap’s going to be,” Ballard said. “So we did field some calls, but at the end of the day, didn’t think we were gonna make a move just on what the other teams wanted in terms of value for the players they were shopping. But I do think COVID did play into the slow period of the trade deadline.”
While Ballard himself has never been shy of making a deal, he hasn’t done so at the trade deadline since taking over the general manager role in 2017. He’s traded plenty in the offseason and just before the regular season starts, but they have yet to be an active team at the deadline.
There were some potential players the Colts maybe could have pursued if they were desperate enough but we’ve never known Ballard to be the type of general manager to make a move just to make one.
It will be interesting to see if any moves are made this offseason, but they shouldn’t be a team expected to make trades at the deadline in the future.
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