Heading into Week 1 of the 2026 common season, how a lot wage cap area do Chris Ballard and the s should work with within the coming months?
In accordance with p, the Colts have $19.026 million in obtainable cap area, which ranks because the eighth-most within the NFL.
All through the offseason, the Colts have persistently been one of many better-positioned groups from a wage cap perspective. Partly, that may be a product of shifting on from Michael Pittman, which freed upn in cap area for the 2026 season.
So with that quantity of area, the Colts definitely have the pliability to additional tweak their roster. That mentioned, it's not as if any free-agent additions are going to interrupt the financial institution presently of the yr, and I'm unsure how aggressive Ballard could be in pursuing any potential trades, on condition that the Colts are already with out their 2027 first-round choose after buying Sauce Gardner final season.
A portion of the Colts' allotted cap area was lately utilized to assemble the follow squad. In-season cap area can be wanted to soak up the extra cap prices that include elevating gamers on a weekly foundation from the follow squad.
General, the Colts are in a great place cap-wise, and any unused cap area in 2026 might be rolled over to the 2027 offseason.
s' 5 largest wage cap hits in 2026
- DT DeForest Buckner: $26.6M
- G Quenton Nelson: $24.2M
- CB Charvarius Ward: $19.8M
- QB Daniel Jones: $19.18M
- RB Jonathan Taylor: $16.18M
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