I bought into the Vick Ballard hype Thursday.
I used a waiver claim, picked him up and inserted him into my lineup for Thursday night's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Right up until 8:15 p.m.
A few minutes earlier I saw the Indianapolis Colts had running back Donald Brown was active.
Uh-oh.
I couldn't risk it. I benched Ballard at the last minute because of the uncertainty of his role for the game.
We'll see if it was a good move, but judging from Ballard's game and the Colts' usage of him, I'm done with Ballard.
He looks like he could be the guy, if the Colts would just let him. He's more of a back that needs volume, plus it doesn't help if Andrew Luck is getting the goal-line carries.
So two things to remember from Thursday's game: check the inactives and watch for a player's role. It could be big.
And I guess there's a third, too. I just can't trust Ballard.
