Colts Salary Cap Update – Regular Season 2018

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[b][u]Cap Calculations: [\u][\b]

$177.200m = NFL 2018 Salary Cap
$016.837m = 2017 Colts Cap Rollover
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$194.037m = Colts 2018 Salary Cap

$129.840m = 53 Active Contracts
$000.404m = Robert Turbin’s additional cap once he is reinstated for week 5
$010.837m = Injured Reserve
$003.763m = Dead Money
$001.292m = Practice Squad
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$146.136m = Total Obligations
$047.901m = Free Space (of which at least $3m is reserved for in-season “churn” space so $45.9m usable to sign free agents / grant contract extensions / give new contracts.)

[b][u]Top Ten Cap Hits: [\u][\b]
$24.400m = QB Andrew Luck
$13.000m = WR T.Y. Hilton
$10.800m = OT Anthony Castonzo
$07.500m = DE Jabaal Sheard
$07.000m = DT Denico Autry
$06.750m = TE Eric Ebron
$05.618m = TE Jack Doyle
$05.000m = WR Ryan Grant
$04.343m = OG Quinton Nelson (R)
$03.625m = PK Adam Vinatieri

(When a rookie and your place kicker make the top ten cap hits list, you know you have a low paid squad…..)

[b][u]Top Ten Creates The Most Cap Space If Cut: [\u][\b]
$9.000m = WR T.Y. Hilton
$4.368m = TE Jack Doyle
$4.250m = DE Jabaal Sheard
$3.200m = OT Anthony Castonzo
$2.500m = DE Margus Hunt
$2.500m = NT Al Woods
$1.907m = OT Denzell Good
$1.907m = OG Mark Glowinski
$1.625m = PK Adam Vinatieri
$1.328m = OG Matt Slauson

(Not much fat to cut there. Hunt? Glowinski? Peanuts to find. Peanuts.)

Cap wise, we are obviously in great shape. Cap obligations actually go DOWN over the next couple of years with our current crop of players.

2018 / 53 players under contract = $129.840m in cap hit
2019 / 42 players under contract = $117.390m in cap hit
2020 / 27 players under contract = $079.603m in cap hit

Ballard still has a completely free hand in how he constructs the roster. Lots of space to add new free agents or give current performers extensions / new contracts. No need to worry anytime soon about the Polian era (restructuring) contracts to get under the cap.

Walk Worthy,