Bears look to Chris Ballard’s Colts for help

Running back Jonathan Taylor (28) was one of three Colts position players to receive All-Pro recognition who were drafted by GM Chris Ballard and assistant GM Ed Dodds. Guard Quenton Nelson and linebacker Darius Leonard are the others. | AJ Mast/AP Photos

As a former Bears director of scouting, Chris Ballard seemed like a natural McCaskey family choice for the general-manager job in 2015.

In fact, the knock on Ballard was that he — like Phil Emery, a former scout who just had been fired as GM — was too familiar with how they do business at Halas Hall.