salary cap

[Everyone]

     I hope the salary cap gets significantly higher because in 3 year the Colts will have Lucks, Fleeners, Allens, Richardsons, and Hiltons contracts to deal with. This is assuming (hoping) they all continue to develop into dominant players of course and also dealing with any other key players contracts that will need to be dealt with. The Colts could be looking at a serious cap situation when that time comes.

[tony1287]

When will luck be eligible for a contract extension? Do the same rules apply to hilton/fleener/allen/trich???

[Everyone]

When will luck be eligible for a contract extension? Do the same rules apply to hilton/fleener/allen/trich???

Idk

[Warhawk]

Mathis and Wayne aren't going to play forever, and they're our biggest cap hits at the moment.

[jvan1973]

Mathis and Wayne aren't going to play forever, and they're our biggest cap hits at the moment.

blasphemy, they will play forever

[tony1287]

Mathis and Wayne aren't going to play forever, and they're our biggest cap hits at the moment.

True, but wayne has yet to show he is slowing down

[atapcl]

     I hope the salary cap gets significantly higher because in 3 year the Colts will have Lucks, Fleeners, Allens, Richardsons, and Hiltons contracts to deal with. This is assuming (hoping) they all continue to develop into dominant players of course and also dealing with any other key players contracts that will need to be dealt with. The Colts could be looking at a serious cap situation when that time comes.

They will probably not have Mathis, Wayne and a couple others by then either.

[atapcl]

When will luck be eligible for a contract extension? Do the same rules apply to hilton/fleener/allen/trich???

I believe Hilton and Fleener come a year before Luck and Richardson since they have 4 year contracts and the Colts have a fifth year option on Luck and Richardson.

[Malakai432]

blasphemy, they will play forever

I agree, they are immortal, bound to play football eternally.

[Gabriel Alexander Morillo]

I agree, they are immortal, bound to play football eternally.

 You best start believing in ghost stories, Mr. Malakai432... you're in one!

[Malakai432]

You best start believing in ghost stories, Mr. Malakai432... you're in one!

Indeed it's like a terrible M. Night Shablamnalamhahnyanmanan film.

[Bradley Prentice]

I think it depends on our success when we resign luck and Trent, I mean we happen to win a Super Bowl before we resign luck I fear his contract lol

[MR. Blueblood]

When will luck be eligible for a contract extension? Do the same rules apply to hilton/fleener/allen/trich???

 

 

I believe Hilton and Fleener come a year before Luck and Richardson since they have 4 year contracts and the Colts have a fifth year option on Luck and Richardson.

The new CBA allows for teams and rookies to be able to renegotiate contract extensions after the third year of the deal.  So as soon as next season is over the Colts could start talking to their agents to work out another deal.

[csmopar]

I think we'll be okay. Grigs seems to understand how to work with the cap pretty well. I doubt we loose any big play makers, though we probably will lose a few decent players. I don't see us spending the entire 20-40 mil that we are expected to be under this off season either. a few pickups but we'll be fine.

[Valpo2004]

     I hope the salary cap gets significantly higher because in 3 year the Colts will have Lucks, Fleeners, Allens, Richardsons, and Hiltons contracts to deal with. This is assuming (hoping) they all continue to develop into dominant players of course and also dealing with any other key players contracts that will need to be dealt with. The Colts could be looking at a serious cap situation when that time comes.

 

I agree, we have to consider the possibility that we might have to make a tough decision and let one of those guys go into FA.  Certainly not Luck, but the others could go.

 

Fleener right now would be the leading candidate as he hasn't showed us much.  But if he does then it becomes a really hard decision.

 

The good news is that in a couple years the salary cap is expected to jump to like 150 million.  But a jump in the salary cap would likely only mean that the best players are demanding more money.

 

It will be especially tough from the standpoint of Luck.  If we get away with paying him 10 million a year it will be a steal.  It remains to be seen if the guy will give Indy any kind of hometown discount or if he will pull a Joe Flacco and sqeeze every penny out of Irsay he can get his hands on.