There are few questions on Dodds\u2019s ability to work the college scouting trail, or evaluate players\u2014he was once a key piece of John Schneider\u2019s staff in building a champion with the Pete Carroll Seahawks, and he\u2019s been in on just about every decision that Chris Ballard has made in Indy over the last nine years. That respect has been reflected in the number of teams that have shown interest in him. He was a finalist for the Tennessee job last year. If you\u2019re looking for an old-school scout who\u2019ll be blunt and honest about your team to do the job, Dodds is your guy.<\/p>\n
Specifically, Dodds is listed as \u2018on the doorstep,\u2019 which presumably means he\u2019s on the cusp of becoming a new NFL general manager sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
As longtime Colts general manager Chris Ballard\u2019s \u2018right hand man,\u2019 Dodds has served in his current role since 2018\u2014having previously served as Indianapolis\u2019 scout and senior personnel executive upon his arrival in 2017.<\/p>\n
He began his career as a scouting intern for the Oakland Raiders in 2003 and was a longtime scout for the Seattle Seahawks under Seattle Seahawks GM John Schneider prior to joining the Colts organization along with Ballard.<\/p>\n
Among his finding of Colts gems through the years, Dodds was credited for previously being instrumental for the scouting and acquisition of the likes of former Pro Bowl cornerback Kenny Moore II, as well as ex-starting pass rushing defensive lineman Denico Autry.<\/p>\n
Not only did Dodds interview for the Tennessee Titans opening last year, but he\u2019s also interviewed with the Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers for their prior general manager vacancies.<\/p>\n
Among league circles, Dodds has been a hot name for general manager openings for quite a while, and that shouldn\u2019t necessarily change this offseason\u2014even with the 2025 Colts suffering another disappointing fate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few questions on Dodds\u2019s ability to work the college scouting trail, or evaluate players\u2014he was once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,3562,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-649482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-indianapolis-colts","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts-news","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115828563868463683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}