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INDIANAPOLIS — Quarterback may be the most important position in sports, but that doesn't mean the Indianapolis Colts are feeling the pressure to find their signal caller of the future — even without a QB currently under contract past the 2020 season.
Case in point: with the NFL Draft set to kick off on Thursday, the Colts have certainly done their due diligence on every possible prospect at the quarterback position, but general manager Chris Ballard said Friday that there's no need to select a QB this year just because.
If the Colts like a quarterback and the timing is right, they'll take him. If not, they won't. It's that simple.
"You can't force that. You can't force the quarterback position, especially in the draft," Ballard said in his annual pre-draft press conference. "I think history has shown that. It's got to be the right guy, the right fit for us and for our staff and for our organization.
"So I don't know when that's going to happen — maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe two years from now. I don't know," Ballard continued. "I'm not going to force it, much to everybody's dismay and it might drive everybody nuts, but I'm not going to force that issue. When we decide to take one up that we think is going to be the future guy of this franchise you've got to be right."
When evaluating the current Colts roster, the team's three quarterbacks — Jacoby Brissett, Chad Kelly and Philip Rivers — are all in the final years of their respective deals. At this point, Ballard indicated, there's a possibility at least one them could be back in 2021.