Indianapolis Colts' general manager Chris Ballard was pretty straight forward in his assessment of the production that the offense got from the passing game this season. “We didn’t get enough production from them,

Colts’ GM Chris Ballard discussed the team’s free agency approach with what went wrong and what has to improve.

Yet team owner Jim Irsay still opted to bring back Ballard and coach Shane Steichen while expressing his disappointment with Indy's four-year playoff absence in a letter posted Sunday night. Five days later, Ballard sounded relieved to be getting another chance — perhaps his final opportunity to fix the mistakes of recent years.