2018 State of the Colts Salary Cap

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Originally Posted by sherck

Just to piggyback off DrSpaceman:

QB: Check
LT: Check
WR1: Check
TE1: Check

RB1: Needed (or Gore might come back for 1 more season)

OLB[Rush]: Needed (Hey, look. We have the #3 overall pick!)

CB1: Needed ? (Can Melvin or Wilson be CB1 ? )

Pass Covering ILB: Needed

Honestly, some of the hardest pieces to find in the NFL are in place with the Colts.

Add to that:

Rangy young Free Safety.
Good D-Line.
Solid if unspectacular OLB depth.
Young, promising OC.
Solid if unspectacular Secondary as a whole depth.

And you don't need a ton to be a top team in the NFL.

I suspect that if the 2017 Colts roster had 2 changes that we would have been a playoff bound divisional winner:

Change #1: Andrew Luck
Change #2: Competent coaching with intelligence offensive & defensive systems

Our losses this season were by: 1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 12, 14, 20, 27, 28, 35.

That is 7 losses by 1 TD or less. If Andrew Luck is not worth 1 TD more per game than Jacoby Brissett....

We are at least a 10 win team with those 2 changes. And guess what?

We get both those potential changes in 2018 PLUS adding some draft picks and free agency to the mix.

This season sucked, Freaks. However, I think that if Ballard can nail this off-season (like he nailed last year) that we could be poised for some great things in the future.

Walk Worthy,

i wouldn't say Ballard exactly nailed last offseason.