WESTFIELD, Ind. — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard is well-aware of his resume and the No. 1 thing it’s missing: wins. Through his first nine years at the helm, he has compiled a 70-78-1 regular-season record with just two playoff appearances, one playoff victory eight years ago and zero AFC South titles.Most NFL GMs would have been fired with a resume like that, but Ballard has survived for a 10th season. The catch, however, is that for the first time in his tenure, he’s entering the final year of his contract with no extension.Asked Tuesday, on the eve of the Colts’ first training camp practice of the new season, if he thought he’d get a new deal done before the start of the season,Ballard simply said, “No,” before adding, “I wouldn’t do one.”Why not?“I’m in the last year of my deal,” he said. “And we need to win.”The Colts have not made the playoffs in five years, tied for the third-longest active streak in the NFL. It’s also the franchise’s longest postseason drought in more than 30 years.Something must change, Ballard acknowledged, and he hopes to be a part of the solution. He added that Colts principal owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon has continued to empower him to do his job with no restraints, the same way her father once did.“Nobody puts more pressure on me than myself to succeed,” Ballard said.This year may be his final chance.QB outlookAside from discussing his own uncertain future, Ballard covered a variety of topics in his annual pre-training camp news conference on Tuesday, including the Colts’ unique QB situation involving Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson Sr. and Riley Leonard.On one hand, Indy has more clarity at quarterback than it did last year, when Jones was competing with Richardson for the starting job. Jones is now entering his second season as Indy’s unquestioned starter after a resurgent, yet abbreviated 2025 campaign. Despite rupturing his right Achilles tendon last December, the Colts retained Jones in free agency by signing him to a two-year, $88 million contract. Jones said Monday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that he’s fully cleared for practice, but Ballard noted that there’s a difference between Jones being fully cleared and being fully back to his pre-injury form.“Anytime you go through surgery, there’s always gonna be a little bit of a new normal for any player,” Ballard said. “It doesn’t mean they’re not great again. … You gotta work through that.”Meanwhile, the Colts remain in a holding pattern with Richardson. The 2023 No. 4 pick requested a trade in February, and while he hasn’t rescinded that request, Indianapolis is not in a rush to move him. Richardson is poised to compete with Leonard, a 2025 sixth-round pick, to be Jones’ top backup. Ballard added that his intention, “right now,” is to keep all three QBs during the 2026 season.“We’re not just giving him away,” Ballard said of Richardson. “… When you take a guy as high as we took him, you want him to come in and be the savior right away. Well, everybody’s developmental plan is different. His (plan) was a little different. I still think he has a future. We’ll see how that plays out here.”One factor to keep in mind is Richardson’s $4.2 million roster bonus that is due Saturday. When the Colts cover that tab, any team interested in trading for the 24-year-old QB would then only have to pay Richardson $1.1 million for the 2026 season.Was Daniel Jones declining before season-ending injury in 2025?Robert MaysContract talkBallard expects Jonathan Taylor to practice on Wednesday, even without handing him a lucrative new contract. The star running back is entering the final year of a three-year, $42 million deal and said in June that he wanted “to be a Colt for life.”Three years ago, when Taylor was in a similar situation — he was entering the last year of his rookie deal — he got into a public and sometimes bitter back-and-forth with late team owner Jim Irsay before landing a new deal. Taylor did not practice amid the negotiations, citing an ankle injury that required surgery and a lengthy rehab. He missed all of training and the first four games of the 2023 season, but once he put pen to paper, he played the next day.“He’s in a good spot,” Ballard said of Taylor. “… All these people look at the past, thinking it’s gonna happen again, nah.”Taylor is coming off back-to-back seasons of at least 1,400 rushing yards. The three-time Pro Bowler led the NFL in total touchdowns last year with 20, marking the second time he’s reached that threshold in his illustrious career.In addition to Taylor, star left guard Quenton Nelson is entering the final year of his four-year, $80 million deal. He’s earned eight straight Pro Bowl nods to start his career. The only other offensive lineman in NFL history to pull that off is Hall of Famer Joe Thomas.