Cap Space as of 22 March 2021:

15 teams are basically "out" of cap space to do anything except sign their draft class, practice squad and in-season activity space:

AFC: HOU, PIT, BUF

NFC: SF, ATL, SEA, GB, MIN, ARI, TB, NYG, CHI, NO, PHI, LAR

If any of those teams want to sign any remaining veteran free agents, they will either need to cut a current contract, restructure a current contract or back-load a new veteran contract.

Another 7 teams have less than $10m in cap space to sign veteran free agents:

AFC: BAL, CLE, TEN, MIA, LVR

NFC: DAL, DET

So, 10 teams are basically all that are left to have cap space to sign multiples of the remaining veteran free agents:

01 JAX = $35m
02 IND = $32m
03 DEN = $31m
04 NYJ = $29m
05 LAC = $26m
06 CAR = $22m
07 NEP = $19m
08 CIN = $19m
09 KC = $15m
10 WAS = $14m

As with Xavier Rhodes' contract, I think a TON of quality veterans are going to be playing on low-end, 1-year deals in 2021 with the hope that the cap raises in 2022 and more cap is available for larger deals.

Hopefully, it is time for Ballard to shine.

I feel that was his plan all along. Someone’s getting cut and we will be the best chance they have to regain the lost contract and have a shot at competing for playoff wins.

The Colts were actually over the cap to begin this season. The Colts and Ryan Kelly agreed to a salary restructure to gain a little cap space.


https://twitter.com/FieldYates/statu...70304057315328

https://twitter.com/ColtscapKyle/sta...84658723065867

According to Sportrac we have 7 million in cap space. The reason they had to redo this is that there was about $30 million less money to spend this year than had been projected due to loss from the COVID season

Looks like the salary cap is increasing by $25.7M next year - it will mark the first time the cap will surpass $200M.

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...79040903036931

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...80124547604481

Where does this put us?

The Colts will have roughly $57M in cap space and will need to sign about 20 players to fill out the roster. Will need to do something with LT and RG - Fisher, Glowinski and Reed will all be Free Agents and would require a new contract if the Colts decide to retain one or all of them.

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Good answer l(like in lThe Family Feudl game show.)

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So, about $3M per player. :eek:

I'm just spitballing here, but Big Q will get an extension of 4-5 years @ 17.5 to 18 million $$$ per year with at least#35 million guaranteed.