Indianapolis Colts Free Agents: Swipe Left Or Swipe Right…
The Indianapolis Colts 2024 season has come to an end. After a very disappointing season the Colts now face a pivotal offseason to help steer the franchise back in the right direction and back to winning ways. The first big topic on the Colts offseason agenda is deciding who among their own free agents they should re-sign.
The Colts currently have 18 players set to become unrestricted free agents at the end of the NFL year. So, today we are going to play a little game of swipe left (no) or swipe right (yes), made famous by a certain dating app, with the Colts upcoming free agents.
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Center Ryan Kelly – Swipe Left
Ryan Kelly has been nothing short of amazing from day one since being drafted in 2016. Kelly has been a top 5 center in the league for most of his NFL career whiskey being named second team all-pro and to the pro bowl four times. However, the last two years his performances have started to show signs of decline. The Colts drafted Tanor Bortolini last year and the small sample size of snaps he took showed viewers that the Colts can move on from Kelly with Bortolini more than capable of taking on the starting center job.
Tight End Mo Alie-Cox – Swipe Left
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The Colts tight end roll in 2024 was a collective disaster. Not one tight end showed out in any aspect of the game and because of that the offense suffered and had a big missing piece. Alie-Cox has been the Colts starting tight end the past couple years and his main strength has been his blocking in the run game. However, Alie-Cox just doesn’t bring enough to the offense to warrant re-signing to a new contract, both his blocking ability and receiving skills can be easily replicated and replaced in a younger and cheaper option.
Quarterback Joe Flacco – Swipe Left
Joe Flacco was brought in to be Anything Richardson’s back up however after a rollercoaster 2024 he ended up playing and starting in multiple games. Flacco was useful in 2024 when asked to step in and play however the Colts need a real competition in the quarterback room and not a 39 year old on his last legs of his career.
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Linebacker E.J Speed – Swipe Left
E.J Speed went from an unheard of draft prospect in 2019 to a full time starting linebacker for the Colts in 2023. Speed stepped into the starting role in 2023 and racked up back to back 100 tackle seasons. However, Speed has been in reliable as a linebacker, missing tackles, being picked on in coverage and washed out by offensive lineman in the run game. The Colts need help at linebacker but re-signing Speed would be a mistake.