The Indianapolis Colts may endure even more staff turnover as they head into the offseason.
The 2021 NFL season isn’t even officially over yet and the Indianapolis Colts have already experienced a ton of change. While there will be players coming and going this offseason, the change so far has been with Indy’s staff.
Matt Eberflus, who served as the Colts defensive coordinator the past four seasons, was recently named head coach of the Chicago Bears.
In his move to the Windy City, Eberflus took Indy’s secondary coach, Alan Williams, to be the Bears defensive coordinator and Colts linebacker coach, Dave Borgonzi, to also be a part of his staff.
Indianapolis has now hired Gus Bradley as defensive coordinator and has started the turnover process. However, Indy may not be done losing members of its staff.
It was reported that Morocco Brown, Indy’s Director of College Scouting, will interview with the Pittsburgh Steelers for their general manager position.
Steelers requested permission to interview Colts’ college scouting director Morocco Brown for their general manager job, per league sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 9, 2022
Colts may still lose Morocco Brown to other teams
Brown came to Indianapolis in 2016 and remained on staff through the general manager change. He holds an instrumental role in the Indianapolis franchise, helping the team to draft several elite players during his tenure.
Earlier in the offseason, Brown interviewed for the Chicago Bears general manager opening and for a while, it looked like he was the favorite. However, Chicago ultimately decided to go with Ryan Poles.
Now, after it appeared as if the Colts would retain Brown, they are at risk of losing him to Pittsburgh. Losing talented staff members is one of the tradeoffs to success but it’s something that Indianapolis is going to have to overcome.
In the last two offseasons, Indy lost its offensive and defensive coordinator, multiple position coaches, and now possibly Brown in the front office.
With all of this change, the Colts still have high expectations as a team. Indy failed to meet expectations this season by missing the playoffs, but the team will be challenged to outperform what they did this year, regardless of the change this offseason.
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