The Colts, who rarely dabble in veteran free agency, made neither team president Bill Polian nor coach Jim Caldwell available for this story.
“What you have to do is (go) back to the basics, which is what Bill Polian’s great at: ‘Who fits our scheme and we’re going to go get him,’ ” Mayock said.
The labor uncertainty, he added, shouldn’t change the proper approach.
“The good teams always have been draft-first teams,” he said.
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