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http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/10/05/nfl-peter-king-inside-colts-scouting-session
ANDERSON, Ind. — “In the NFL,” Indianapolis general manager Ryan Grigson said from the front of the room to 23 members of the Colts’ scouting team this summer, “we’re the most underappreciated area that means the most. We’re a brotherhood that no one knows. But that’s okay. Every day we’re living the dream. We’re here to build the best scouting staff in the league. We’re going to outscout the league. So let’s get going.”
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In training camp, Indianapolis Colts GM Ryan Grigson pulled back the curtain on one of more private parts of the NFL business: a meeting between the general manager and his 23-member pro and college scouting staff. Nothing was off limits. In a conference room at Anderson University in Indiana, Grigson, as he has done since becoming GM in 2012, had a staff development night. An informal get-together, with pizza and beer and, Grigson hoped, free-flowing football thoughts. It’s one of three times during the year (December scouting meetings and April draft meetings being the others) when the group is together. Tonight, one member of the scouting staff, regional scout Ahmad Russell, would have 30 minutes to make a professional-enhancement presentation to the group; as it turned out, Russell would make a startling revelation to his peers.
Four hours and 22 minutes later, the meeting was adjourned.
ANDERSON, Ind. — “In the NFL,” Indianapolis general manager Ryan Grigson said from the front of the room to 23 members of the Colts’ scouting team this summer, “we’re the most underappreciated area that means the most. We’re a brotherhood that no one knows. But that’s okay. Every day we’re living the dream. We’re here to build the best scouting staff in the league. We’re going to outscout the league. So let’s get going.”
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In training camp, Indianapolis Colts GM Ryan Grigson pulled back the curtain on one of more private parts of the NFL business: a meeting between the general manager and his 23-member pro and college scouting staff. Nothing was off limits. In a conference room at Anderson University in Indiana, Grigson, as he has done since becoming GM in 2012, had a staff development night. An informal get-together, with pizza and beer and, Grigson hoped, free-flowing football thoughts. It’s one of three times during the year (December scouting meetings and April draft meetings being the others) when the group is together. Tonight, one member of the scouting staff, regional scout Ahmad Russell, would have 30 minutes to make a professional-enhancement presentation to the group; as it turned out, Russell would make a startling revelation to his peers.
Four hours and 22 minutes later, the meeting was adjourned.