According to a report, Colts assistant DBs coach Mike Mitchell and DL coach Nate Ollie will not be back for the 2024 campaign.

According to Colts insider Joel A. Erickson of IndyStar, assistant coaches Nate Ollie and Mike Mitchell of the Indianapolis Colts will not be back for the 2024 campaign.

Ollie and Mitchell had worked with defensive coordinator Gus Bradley in Indianapolis for the previous two seasons, but the Colts finally made the decision to take a different route, according to Destin Adams of A-to-Z sports. The news of Ollie’s contract not being renewed was first reported by Adams.

As per Adams, the organization decided that Ollie needed a new voice in their defensive room, which is why he wasn’t kept on for the upcoming season.

The Colts’ defensive line finished 22nd in the league in terms of pressure rate success, despite setting a new team record with 51 sacks last season, which included career-highs from defensive ends Kwity Paye (8.5 sacks), Samson Ebukam (9.5 sacks), and Dayo Odeyingbo (8.0 sacks). After the 2022 season, Indianapolis’ defensive line had the 21st-highest overall pressure rate.

With Ollie and Mitchell not returning for the upcoming season, it will be intriguing to see who Bradley and second-year head coach Shane Steichen pursue at each of those spots. The Colts have a lot of skill and investment along the defensive line and in their secondary.

Examining Chris Ballard’s Seven Years as General Manager of the Colts

INDIA PARK – After a sort of relaunch this past season, we are currently seven years into Chris Ballard’s leadership.

The Colts’ record in Ballard’s seven seasons is 54-60-1. They have participated in two postseason tournaments, won one, and won no division championships.

-Took A Swing: The Colts are now on the right track to try and create something, despite the fact that this is difficult to measure and that Anthony Richardson was only used for 173 snaps in the previous season. This is a result of their decision to risk their #4 overall selection on Richardson and their early actions to support their inexperienced franchise quarterback. The Colts are starting the offseason with a clear understanding of their quarterback situation, something they haven’t had under Ballard since Andrew Luck’s departure from the 2018 campaign. This is in contrast to the four previous Januarys.

-Answer at Left Tackle: Getting an answer, or more, at other premium positions, was a top priority on the Colts’ preseason checklist. Bernhard Raimann is that person at left tackle, I think we can safely state. That is very significant. Raimann will be earning little more than $1 million annually for each of the next two seasons, which makes the difference much greater. Yes, it seems reasonable to provide Raimann a contract extension at the conclusion of the upcoming campaign (his rookie contract expires in 2025). Ballard has had difficulty locating clear answers for the main premium positions, but it appears that he has found one here, and at a very affordable cost.

-Inadequate Return On Defensive Expenditures: The Colts are still having trouble preventing points from being scored, as they finished 28th in scoring defense for the second straight year. The Colts have made significant draft capital investments on this side of the ball, as evidenced by their first-round selections of Malik Hooker, DeForest Buckner, and Kwity Paye; second-round selections of Quincy Wilson, Shaquille Leonard, Kemoko Turay, Tyquan Lewis, Ben Banogu, Rock Ya-Sin, Dayo Odeyingbo, and JuJu Brents; and third-round selections of Tarell Basham, Julian Blackmon, and Nick Cross. These players, who were selected over Ballard’s seven drafts, were meant to be a part of a defensive makeover aimed at improving the defense’s standing in terms of points allowed. Although he played a quarterback schedule with backups or