2026 Off-Season Thread

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

I agree with everything you said here with the exception of Pierce being a true number one receiver.

True number ones are guys like Smith-Njigba, AJ Brown, J’Marr Chase, and Justin Jefferson. Pierce is nowhere near that level and, in my opinion, never will be. He’s not athletic enough. He’s a really good receiver but he’s not one of those guys.

What I’m saying is, if he ends getting paid like one of those guys, then the Colts will have dodged a bullet if he leaves because he’s never going to live up to that contract.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am.

I think he is working his way to becoming one. Remember he has not had a stable QB in all his years here. His route tree is expanding, and he is absolutely correct when he says "I only had 84 catches last yr and went over 1000 yards. With 130-150 catches. I set the receiving record'

Hard to argue with that. He and Dimes were building some chemistry. While he may not be a top of the NFL #1 right now. He will be eventually.

He wanted Dimes signed. and his brother is going to be playing BB at Purdue

I think this deal gets done eventually and he is going to get paid. And when he does I am sure some on here will be doing a lot of bitching about the price.

JMO
~Pete~

[Oldcolt]

Ballard had half a season to either work something out with Jones or Pierce. He had a year to restructure Pitman or decide how he would handle it. Rather than make decisions and take control of situation he has just been along for the ride it seems and reacted to what has happened. I don’t see a plan here, even if you think Jones=Mahomes he will need receivers

[ukcolt]

I fully understand that not signing Jones or Pierce, leaves us in a huge hole this year, but I am not so sure I am happy signing them to long term deals at the prices being thrown around at the moment is a good thing for the Colts to be doing either.

Pierce is a great 2nd receiver, who deserves a contract in the region of $15-20m based on what he has already produced. Could he become something more, sure, that's possible, but I don't want to be saddled with a similar contract to what Pittman has already, should he fail to morph into a No. 1 guy, which is what the contract being muted says he should be. The figures bounded around, say he should be one of the top 5 receivers in the league, and he certainly isn't anywhere near that at the moment and is it realistic to think that he will become that?

Jones was brilliant in the first half of the year, but he then suffered one of the most serious injuries a player could have. Are we willing to pay him top 5-10 QB money, when he has only achieved that sort of play for 8 games in his career. I am not sure he deserves that, even if he was fully healthy.

[ukcolt]

The alternatives, that's now the real problem, especially at QB.

I am less concerned with the receiving corps, without Pierce. We should be trying to redo Pittman's contract, and then feed him the ball more often than we have the last 2 years. Downs is ready to step things up, Tyler Warren is also going to see a big uptick. That's 3 decent receiving threats that we have. Could we sign someone like Debo Samuel in free agency? Or now that Darnell Mooney has been released, could he be a cheaper option? Or a true speedster in the drafts middle rounds?

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Just thinking out loud on this. I was sure the Bills would be in on AP. Maybe the agent told the Bills he is not going to be available because he is staying with the Colts.



Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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55m
ESPN sources: the Chicago Bears are working to finalize a trade that would send WR D.J. Moore to the Buffalo Bills.

Compensation still is being discussed, and the trade cannot be processed until the new league year begins, but both sides are pushing to make it happen.

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James Boyd
@RomeovilleKid
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41m
Gotta be good news for the #Colts. Takes Alec Pierce off the table for the Bills, so that’s one less suitor for arguably the best free-agent WR on the market — and Pierce *will* test the market.

[ukcolt]

Agree, one less suitor for Pierce.

[Oldcolt]

Read where Pierce is prioritizing QB stability and a strong established winning culture. Neither of those exist in Indy.

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Warren Sharp
@SharpFootball
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1h
most expensive WR rooms in 2026:

1. CIN - $63.5M
2. BUF - $59.4M
3. DAL - $56.7M
4. TB - $56.3M
5. MIN - $48.4M
6. DET - $44.8M
7. HOU - $43.8M
8. NE - $43.4M
9. ATL - $42.9M
10. LAR - $40.8M
11. IND - $39.7M
12. PHI - $39.5M
13. PIT - $38.2M
14. JAX - $33.3M
15. TEN - $31.9M
16. NYG - $31.7M
17. NO - $26.7M
18. SF - $26.2M
19. SEA - $25.8M
20. WAS - $24.6M
21. DEN - $24M
22. ARI - $23.8M
23. GB - $20.5M
24. CLE - $20.3M
25. NYJ - $17.7M
26. MIA - $16.8M
27. CAR - $15.8M
28. LAC - $14.1M
29. BAL - $13.9M
30. CHI - $12.5M
31. LV - $11.1M
32. KC - $9.9M

*based on total cap hit

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Read where Pierce is prioritizing QB stability and a strong established winning culture. Neither of those exist in Indy.

Yeah ok where the fucks that?

QB stability means less money

Unless he’s trying to go to the Bears