It takes one to know one.
“He will go and find a guy he thinks is going to be a college free agent and feel like we’re getting him there even though he should be a fourth-round pick,” Grigson said. “I love that about him and the conviction he has and how he sees it, because he sees it with his eyes and not just his brain. I feel like we’re a really good match for one another and we know [General Manager] Kwesi [Adofo-Mensah] really well, so we know what to bring to him, what to not bring to him, how to approach conversations and when we need to have those conversations.
“I feel like it’s our job … to help him because it’s a really hard job and he’s getting pulled a thousand different ways, said Grigson, who was GM of the Colts from 2012-16 when Indianapolis went 49-31. “We try to bring him the big-ticket items that we feel like are going to move the needle for the department and the club. Demitrius has known him even longer than I have, so those relationships are so key to our ascent as a department, and the trust within it has just grown over these three years, going into four.”
Grigson said the limited number of picks means, “We’re going to have to scout our rears off.”
“I know Kwesi, though,” he said. “He’s a master at being able to acquire more draft capital when that time comes, and I know he will, and we’ll have more picks.”
“I feel like we always talk about a three-year horizon with players. I think there’s a three-year horizon on departments,” Grigson added. “There’s a getting-to-know process, a lot of guys we had never worked with before here, just getting a feel for everyone, their style, how they grade, and that’s something I feel like happens over time, and I think we’re really in a spot now to take off with our process. I think free agency showed that last year, and hopefully with the draft we really nail some guys.”
