[sherck]

Yeah, a week early but what the heck! Use this as a starting point of discussing and debating our 2018 rebuild plan.

2018 Salary Cap:

$176.000m = Projected 2018 Salary Cap (this is not yet determined but an estimate)
$018.350m = 2017 Unused Rollover Amount
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$194.350m = 2018 Indianapolis Colts Salary Cap

$103.277m = Current 2018 Cap Commitments
$001.779m = Dead Cap Money (Phillip Dorsett is $1.044m of it. Zach Banner is $400k)
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$105.056m = Total 2018 Cap Commitments

$089.294m = Free Cap Space

$005.500m = Reserved for 2018 Draft Class (picking 3rd is expensive!!)
$001.110m = Spots 52 and 53 on active roster
$001.220m = Practice Squad
$003.000m = In-Season “Churn” space
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$010.830m = Infrastructure Roster Costs

$078.464m = Free Cap Space available for signing free agents (our own or other team’s)

2018 Top 10 Teams With Free Cap Space:

(Remember to subtract around $8-10m for what they can spend on free agents except for Cleveland. Subtract $14m from them due to their 2 very high draft picks.)

$118.109m = Cleveland Browns
$117.897m = San Francisco 49ers
$089.294m = Indianapolis Colts
$084.898m = New York Jets
$070.410m = Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$060.513m = Minnesota Vikings
$059.689m = Detroit Lions
$059.598m = Houston Texans
$054.156m = Washington Redskins
$054.021m = Tennessee Titans

Players Who Would Take Away Cap Space If Cut:

- $7.446m = Malik Hooker
- $3.325m = Ryan Kelly
- $1.167m = Quincy Wilson

Every other player could be cut and the Colts would gain cap space for 2018. That is some nice veteran contract construction.

Top 10 Players Who Would Add Cap Space If Cut:

$8.000m = Jonathan Hankins
$7.500m = Jabaal Sheard
$7.000m = T.Y. Hilton
$5.250m = Jack Doyle
$5.200m = Anthony Castonzo
$3.500m = John Simon
$2.200m = Andrew Luck
$2.000m = Margus Hunt
$2.000m = Al Woods
$1.300m = Robert Turbin

We have a tight roster. There are no glaring folks whom we are paying money to that are not living up to their contract. I could perhaps argue that Turbin’s performance could be equaled by a lesser paid guy but that is about it in my eyes. We are not generating more cap space by cutting underperforming players because there are none of our highly paid guys who are underperforming.

2018 Colts Free Agents:

Unrestricted Free Agents:

[No restriction on what kind of contract they can sign or with whom they can sign it.]

RB Frank Gore, 34 years old
FS Darius Butler, 31 years old
PK Adam Vinatieri, 44 years old
WR Kamar Aiken, 28 years old
OLB Barkevious Mingo, 27 years old
QB Scott Tolzien, 30 years old
OG Jack Mewhort, 26 years old
CB Pierre Desir, 27 years old
TE Brandon Williams, 30 years old
OG Michael Person, 29 years old
CB Rashaan Melvin, 28 years old
WR Donte Moncrief, 24 years old
ILB Jon Bostic, 26 years old
DE Caraun Reid, 26 years old

Colts Restricted Free Agents:

[Typically for players who were not drafted in the 1st round and are in their 4th year of credited NFL service (at least 6 games on an active roster to receive credit for the season). Colts can assign an RFA tag that details how much the Colts pay the player. If another team wants to offer a higher contract, Colts have the right to match the offer and retain the player or let the player go and receive draft pick compensation based on what level of RFA tag was assigned. Minimum tag amount for 2018 will be around $1.9m for compensation of a draft pick of the same round that the player was originally drafted in, $2.9 for compensation of a 2nd round draft pick or $4.1m for compensation of a 1st round draft pick.]

OT Tyreek Burwell, 25 years old
ILB Jeremiah George, 25 years old
DE Anthony Johnson, 24 years old
RB Matt Jones, 24 years old
SS Ronald Martin, 24 years old
RB George Winn, 27 years old

Colts Exclusive Rights Free Agents:

[Can only sign with the Colts if the team executes the option. Gets paid a bit more than league minimum but not much more. For undrafted players with less than 3 years of credited service in the league.]

WR K.J. Brent, 24 years old
OT Anthony Fabiano, 24 years old
RB Josh Ferguson, 24 years old
WR Krishawn Hogan, 22 years old
ILB Erwin Jackson, 26 years old
CB Chris Milton, 25 years old
TE Erik Swoope, 25 years old
OG Jeremy Vujnovich, 27 years old

Have at it, Colts fans.

Walk Worthy,