Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard gives an update on negotiations with Michael Pittman and the possibility of the franchise tag.
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00:00 Here's what I tell you, we've had talks with his agent who's really good.
00:03 His agent's been doing a long time, he's really good at what he does.
00:08 We'll work hard to get a deal done.
00:10 It's a tool we have.
00:12 I'm not gonna say we're not gonna use it, but I'm not gonna say we are.
00:15 Hopefully we can come to an agreement and find some compromise on a deal.
00:19 I mean, this is a, you pay good players.
00:23 You pay good players, and each team chooses to do that.
00:28 I can't give you what other teams are gonna do.
00:31 I know what we did.
00:32 We like our guy, we like Jonathan, we end up working out.
00:35 No, I think our history's shown.
00:37 I mean, we wanna keep our guy, and plus he's a talented guy.
00:41 I mean, let's don't, I mean, this guy's a, I think you saw it as the year went on.
00:47 I mean, I kinda expect, I mean, look, he's recovering from an injury,
00:49 then the stressful training camp.
00:52 But I thought as the season went on, you saw him getting stronger and stronger, and
00:56 I thought he ended really well against Houston, had a,
00:59 finished a really great game.
01:00 So no, I mean, look, always the preference is take care of your own people first.