The 2025 Colts Offensive Line

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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

No, I get the cap casualty possibility. More of a broad comment about this sentiment I keep reading lately that Smith needs to be replaced due to his play. Not necessarily on this site too much...

I take in a lot (too much?) Colts content and I browse discussions to see what general thinking is... Smith has been underrated for years, really.

My thinking is that Braden Smith is not a liability, and for the most part is playing pretty well. He's had a few hiccups vs TJ Watt though. No shame in that.

As for the salary cap implications. We are in a difficult situation for 2026. We gotta re-sign Jones, Pierce and Cross. That will not be cheap. But, someone will have to go to do that. The top two expensive candidates would be Smith and Zaire Franklin. Smith would have to sign a team friendly contract to stay.

We will certainly not re-sign Kwity Paye though. Believe it or not I would like to see MOC come back.