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Indianapolis Colts

Cap Overview

Cap Room
$1.6B

Rank #9 of 32

Dead Money
$15.0M

Rank #22 of 32

Rollover
$1.9M

Rank #26 of 32

Next-Year Cap Room
$1.6B

Rank #17 of 32

The Colts are in a favorable cap position with $1634.1M available this season, ranking 9th in the league, and their dead money charge of $15.0M ranks 22nd, meaning obligations tied to released players are not a drag on flexibility. Rollover coming into the year is minimal at $1.9M (26th in the league), so the cap room is largely real and spendable. Committed spending rises from $258.5M this season to $279.2M next season before falling sharply to $169.1M in two seasons and $112.9M in three seasons, which means the team's most financially constrained window is the next two years and then the books open up significantly. Next year's projected cap room of $1641.2M (17th in the league) shows a slight improvement even with 22 expiring contracts this year creating re-signing decisions. The expiring-contract volume is actually an opportunity, allowing the front office to selectively retain the players who earned it while redirecting savings toward the right tackle, linebacker, and safety needs that the current roster cannot solve internally.

Top Cap Hits

Payroll $258.5MDead money $15.0MRoom $1.6B
PlayerCap Hit
DT · 32 · OVR 92 · 1 yrs$26.6M1.4%
LG · 30 · OVR 94 · 1 yrs$24.2M1.3%
CB · 30 · OVR 88 · 2 yrs$19.9M1.0%
QB · 29 · OVR 77 · 2 yrs$19.2M1.0%
HB · 27 · OVR 96 · 3 yrs$15.6M0.8%
FS · 28 · OVR 84 · 3 yrs$15.0M0.8%
DT · 32 · OVR 83 · 1 yrs$14.3M0.7%
QB · 24 · OVR 69 · 2 yrs$10.8M0.6%
CB · 25 · OVR 90 · 5 yrs$9.5M0.5%
LT · 28 · OVR 86 · 4 yrs$9.3M0.5%

Contract Cliffs

PlayerCap Hit
DT · 32 · OVR 92$26.6M
LG · 30 · OVR 94$24.2M
DT · 32 · OVR 83$14.3M
WR · 25 · OVR 80$4.2M
WR · 29 · OVR 72$3.6M
LT · 27 · OVR 74$3.4M
WR · 34 · OVR 82$3.3M
MIKE · 28 · OVR 72$2.7M
TE · 28 · OVR 65$2.3M
TE · 32 · OVR 71$1.5M
DT · 29 · OVR 71$1.5M
WR · 31 · OVR 68$1.5M
FS · 31 · OVR 71$1.4M
CB · 26 · OVR 81$1.4M
K · 27 · OVR 74$1.4M
DT · 25 · OVR 69$1.3M
TE · 27 · OVR 65$1.2M
RT · 27 · OVR 62$1.1M
LG · 26 · OVR 65$1.1M
MIKE · 26 · OVR 65$1.0M
WR · 29 · OVR 64$890.0K
DT · 24 · OVR 67$880.0K

Priority re-sign candidate

Committed Cap by Season

This season
$258.5M
+1
$279.2M
+2
$169.1M
+3
$112.9M

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