Colts beats: This is rebuilding, but it feels more like reloading

Let’s see. By the end of January, Jim Irsay cleaned out the front office and fired the head coach.

By the end of March, Peyton Manning was gone, followed out the door by a parade of veterans, many with Pro Bowl pedigrees.

By the time of the draft, the Colts had a rookie general manager, a rookie head coach and were banking their future on a rookie quarterback and a supporting cast featuring multiple first- and second-year players.

By any definition, that’s rebuilding. With capital letters. Irsay acknowledged it. Fans know it. There’s no masking it.

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