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Originally Posted by Dewey 5
I'm not sure that Arch will leave Texas early.
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Agreed. With Indiana Jones at QB, the 2025 Colts will win 7-9 games, miss the playoffs or get in and be 1 and done.
The year to tank for Arch is NEXT season in 2026. Clean house, new GM, new HC, sell on veterans so the new managment can start roster construction how they think they need to in order to support a 2027 rookie QB.
As I stated in another post:
2026 SELL:
Pittman - $24.0m cap savings - 29 years old - 1 year left on contract
Buckner - $15.8m cap savings - 32 years old - 1 year left on contract
Nelson - $18.0m cap savings - 30 years old - 1 year left on contract
Taylor - $13.0m cap savings - 27 years old - 1 year left on contract
Stewart - $12.3m cap savings - 33 years old - 1 year left on contract
Moore - $10.0m cap savings - 31 years old - 1 year left on contract
By trading the above folks, we increase the Colts 2026 free cap space from $71.6m to $164.7m in order for the new GM to start shaping a younger team to help a new rookie QB in 2027 plus able to use the draft picks trading those players would bring.