Possible Remaining FA Targets/Draft Fits

[Caleb3502]

With acquisition of Rivers and Buckner, Colts filled their two highest positional needs at QB and 3-Tech DT. Colts were able to retain Castonzo, so that solves the OT issue for now, though we could still look to develop someone in the draft. According to Overthecap (with Rivers' $25M cap hit added), Colts have ~ $21.6 M in cap space remaining. Trading Brissett would save ~ $15.8 M and cutting him would save ~ $8.9 M. Could also cut Hoyer now and save $3 M or designate him as a Post-June cut and save $4 M. Colts could potentially bring their cap space to between $32 M - $40 M. There are still areas that the Colts can improve on, and I'm am going to list potential options and how we could acquire them. 

 

QB of the Future

 

Jordan Love: Trade into 1st 

Jacob Eason: Trade into 1st or #34 

Jake Fromm: 2nd round 

Jalen Hurts: 2nd Round 

Anthony Gordon: 3rd round 

James Morgan: 3rd or 4th round 

 

Wide Receiver

 

Emmanuel Sanders: 2 Years/$20 M 

Devin Funchess: 1 Year/$6 M  

Nelson Agholor: 1 Year/$5 M  

Travis Benjamin:  2 Years/$8 M 

Rashard Higgins: 1 Year/$2.5 M 

Brashad Perriman: 1 Year/ $3 M 

Denzel Mims: 2nd Round  

Jalen Reagor: 2nd Round 

Brandon Aiyuk: 2nd Round  

Leviska Shenault Jr: 2nd Round 

Chase Claypool: 2nd Round 

Michael Pittman Jr: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Van Jefferson:  2nd or 3rd Round  

Collin Johnson:  3rd or 4th Round 

Antonio Gandy-Golden: 4th or 5th Round 

Quintez Cephus: 4th or 5th Round 

Jauan Jennings: 5th or 6th Round 

 

Tight End

 

Tyler Eifert: 1 Year/ $5 M 

Cole Kmet: 2nd Round 

Thaddeus Moss: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Adam Trautman: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Hunter Bryant: 3rd Round 

Harrison Bryant: 3rd Round 

Brycen Hopkins: 3rd Round  

Albert Okwuegbunam: 3rd or 4th Round 

 

Offensive Tackle

 

Josh Jones: 2nd Round 

Austin Jackson: 2nd Round 

Ezra Cleveland: 2nd Round 

Prince Tega Wanogho: 2nd Round 

Lucas Niang: 3rd Round 

Matthew Peart: 3rd Round 

Trey Adams: 3rd or 4th Round 

Hakeem Adeniji: 3rd or 4th Round 

Alex Taylor: 5th Round 

Charlie Heck: 5th Round 

Scott Frantz: 6th or 7th Round 

Jon Runyan Jr: 7th Round 

 

EDGE

 

Jabaal Sheard: 2 Years/ $12 M 

Dante Fowler Jr:  2 Years/ $16 M 

Curtis Weaver: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Jonathan Greenard: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Alex Highsmith: 4th Round 

Kendall Coleman: 6th Round 

 

1 Tech DT

 

Linval Joseph: 2 Years/ $14 M 

A'Shawn Robinson: 2 Years/ $8M 

Damon Harrison Sr: 1 Year/ $7M 

Neville Gallimore: 2nd Round 

Raekwon Davis: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Leki Fotu: 3rd or 4th Round 

Jordan Elliott: 3rd or 4th Round 

Benito Jones: 4th or 5th Round 

 

Cornerback/Safety

 

Eric Berry: 1 Year/ $5M 

Malcolm Jenkins: 2 Years/$14 M 

Daryl Worley: 3 Years/$21 M 

AJ Terrell: 2nd Round 

Jaylon Johnson: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Jeremy Chinn: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Cameron Dantzler: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Antoine Brooks Jr: 4th Round 

Harrison Hand: 4th or 5th Round 

Michael Ojemudia: 4th or 5th Round 

Geno Stone: 5th or 6th Round 

 

I'm sure there are others players that would fit as well, and I'm sure the contract projections are not entirely accurate. Regardless, this is just a list of potential fits for the Colts' remaining top needs. 

[csmopar]

18 minutes ago, Caleb3502 said:

With acquisition of Rivers and Buckner, Colts filled their two highest positional needs at QB and 3-Tech DT. Colts were able to retain Castonzo, so that solves the OT issue for now, though we could still look to develop someone in the draft. According to Overthecap (with Rivers' $25M cap hit added), Colts have ~ $21.6 M in cap space remaining. Trading Brissett would save ~ $15.8 M and cutting him would save ~ $8.9 M. Could also cut Hoyer now and save $3 M or designate him as a Post-June cut and save $4 M. Colts could potentially bring their cap space to between $32 M - $40 M. There are still areas that the Colts can improve on, and I'm am going to list potential options and how we could acquire them. 

 

QB of the Future

 

Jordan Love: Trade into 1st 

Jacob Eason: Trade into 1st or #34 

Jake Fromm: 2nd round 

Jalen Hurts: 2nd Round 

Anthony Gordon: 3rd round 

James Morgan: 3rd or 4th round 

 

Wide Receiver

 

Emmanuel Sanders: 2 Years/$20 M 

Devin Funchess: 1 Year/$6 M  

Nelson Agholor: 1 Year/$5 M  

Travis Benjamin:  2 Years/$8 M 

Rashard Higgins: 1 Year/$2.5 M 

Brashad Perriman: 1 Year/ $3 M 

Denzel Mims: 2nd Round  

Jalen Reagor: 2nd Round 

Brandon Aiyuk: 2nd Round  

Leviska Shenault Jr: 2nd Round 

Chase Claypool: 2nd Round 

Michael Pittman Jr: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Van Jefferson:  2nd or 3rd Round  

Collin Johnson:  3rd or 4th Round 

Antonio Gandy-Golden: 4th or 5th Round 

Quintez Cephus: 4th or 5th Round 

Jauan Jennings: 5th or 6th Round 

 

Tight End

 

Tyler Eifert: 1 Year/ $5 M 

Cole Kmet: 2nd Round 

Thaddeus Moss: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Adam Trautman: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Hunter Bryant: 3rd Round 

Harrison Bryant: 3rd Round 

Brycen Hopkins: 3rd Round  

Albert Okwuegbunam: 3rd or 4th Round 

 

Offensive Tackle

 

Josh Jones: 2nd Round 

Austin Jackson: 2nd Round 

Ezra Cleveland: 2nd Round 

Prince Tega Wanogho: 2nd Round 

Lucas Niang: 3rd Round 

Matthew Peart: 3rd Round 

Trey Adams: 3rd or 4th Round 

Hakeem Adeniji: 3rd or 4th Round 

Alex Taylor: 5th Round 

Charlie Heck: 5th Round 

Scott Frantz: 6th or 7th Round 

Jon Runyan Jr: 7th Round 

 

EDGE

 

Jabaal Sheard: 2 Years/ $12 M 

Dante Fowler Jr:  2 Years/ $16 M 

Curtis Weaver: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Jonathan Greenard: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Alex Highsmith: 4th Round 

Kendall Coleman: 6th Round 

 

1 Tech DT

 

Linval Joseph: 2 Years/ $14 M 

A'Shawn Robinson: 2 Years/ $8M 

Damon Harrison Sr: 1 Year/ $7M 

Neville Gallimore: 2nd Round 

Raekwon Davis: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Leki Fotu: 3rd or 4th Round 

Jordan Elliott: 3rd or 4th Round 

Benito Jones: 4th or 5th Round 

 

Cornerback/Safety

 

Eric Berry: 1 Year/ $5M 

Malcolm Jenkins: 2 Years/$14 M 

Daryl Worley: 3 Years/$21 M 

AJ Terrell: 2nd Round 

Jaylon Johnson: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Jeremy Chinn: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Cameron Dantzler: 2nd or 3rd Round 

Antoine Brooks Jr: 4th Round 

Harrison Hand: 4th or 5th Round 

Michael Ojemudia: 4th or 5th Round 

Geno Stone: 5th or 6th Round 

 

I'm sure there are others players that would fit as well, and I'm sure the contract projections are not entirely accurate. Regardless, this is just a list of potential fits for the Colts' remaining top needs. 

you're not getting any of those WRs under 5 mil per year, Funchess will get at least 9 per.  Sanders probably closer to 12.  And you for sure aren't getting Berry for 5 mil. 

[MPStack]

Nice effort!

[NewColtsFan]

1 hour ago, csmopar said:

you're not getting any of those WRs under 5 mil per year, Funchess will get at least 9 per.  Sanders probably closer to 12.  And you for sure aren't getting Berry for 5 mil. 

 

Sorry....    I doubt I'd agree with most of your predictions here.

 

WR FA market will likely be depressed because of the amazing draft class.

 

The world here screamed bloody murder when we gave Funchess $10 mill.    Now, he plays one game,  gets hurt and misses the other 15 games,  and he's a FA again in this market and you think he's getting $9 mill?!?   I simply don't undrstand this.

 

Eric Berry is no longer Eric Berry.   Someone may give him more than us...   doesn't mean he's worth it.    If he wants more than we offer,  then I suspect we'd lose him.    And as much as I love him,  I'm not paying for past performance,  especially since he hasn't been his all-pro self for a number of years now.  

 

[MikeCurtis]

If Josh Jones makes it to round two.....  I would have difficulty in passing on the kid

 

But.......

 

We WILL have some excellent WRs  to choose from

 

[Caleb3502]

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[Fluke_33]

7 hours ago, Caleb3502 said:

Jacob Eason: Trade into 1st or #34 

 

I did not like what i saw of Eason on JT O'Sullivan's qb school.  2nd round seems awfully early for that project

[ty4atd]

Trading 13 and signing Rivers leaves me inckined to think our 2nd rounders likely wont be used on a QB, I don't think CB thinks their is a franchise guy in this draft or he'd have kept the pick. One of the high ranked WRs will have to fall either Higgins or Jefferson would be my top picks then either someone like Gallimore or potentially another pass catcher either TE or WR with our 2nd rounder. Derrick Wolf or Shelby Harris would be good 2nd tier FA pickups aswell and maybe Everson Griffin on a short deal as insurance for Turray and to let our younger players like Banagou or whomever we draft develop. 

[AZColt11]

Re-watching the Eagles-Pats Superbowl from a couple years ago and Nelson Agholar was dominant in the final quarter of that game.  What the hell happened to him?  Was last year an abberation?  Could he rediscover his groove in a new uniform?  Watching him now I'm having trouble figuring out what happened?

[EastStreet]

14 hours ago, csmopar said:

you're not getting any of those WRs under 5 mil per year, Funchess will get at least 9 per.  Sanders probably closer to 12.  And you for sure aren't getting Berry for 5 mil. 

I've heard at least 2 of the talking heads say Funch's value has dropped significantly. The listed several reasons, but biggest were WR depth in the draft, and the injury last year (one called it a substantial shattering of the bone). Personally I wouldn't have paid 10 last year, but I'd say his value today is probably closer to 5-7 with a clean bill of health.

[crazycolt1]

He would likely be too expensive but I wouldn't mind if Ballard took a look at Robby Anderson. 

[Valpo2004]

I'm kind of inclined to give Funchess another go at a reduced price.  Either that or Agholor.  Reich would be familiar with Agholor and would know if he's worthwhile or not.

 

 

[AZColt11]

16 hours ago, crazycolt1 said:

He would likely be too expensive but I wouldn't mind if Ballard took a look at Robby Anderson. 

I would agree.  If we're gonna give $10M per to a WR I'd rather give it to him.