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Le'Veon Bell, 27 years old, 0 yards rushing / 0 yards receiving

Tevin Coleman, ATL, 26 years old, 559 yards rushing / 267 yards receiving
Latavius Murray, MIN, 28 years old, 415 yards rushing / 135 yards receiving
Alfred Blue, HOU, 28 years old, 367 yards rushing / 107 yards receiving
Mike Davis, SEA, 26 years old, 418 yards rushing / 139 yards receiving
T.J. Yeldon, JAX, 25 years old, 408 yards rushing / 482 yards receiving
Spencer Ware, KC, 27 years old, 246 yards rushing / 224 yards receiving
Jay Ajayi, PHI, 26 years old, 184 yards rushing / 20 yards receiving
Ty Montgomery, 26 years old, 175 yards rushing / 226 yards receiving

Other than Bell, there are no RBs hitting free agency that will be more than "one more body" in the Colts RB stable. Bell is the only guy whom would take over the room:

2017: 1,291 rushing / 4.0 ypc / 086.1 ypg / 655 receiving / 07.7 ypc / 43.7 ypg
2016: 1,268 rushing / 4.9 ypc / 105.7 ypg / 616 receiving / 08.2 ypc / 51.3 ypg
2015: 0,556 rushing / 4.9 ypc / 092.7 ypg / 136 receiving / 05.7 ypc / 22.7 ypg
2014: 1,361 rushing / 4.7 ypc / 092.7 ypg / 854 receiving / 10.3 ypc / 53.4 ypg
2013: 0,860 rushing / 3.5 ypc / 066.2 ypg / 399 receiving / 08.9 ypc / 30.7 ypg

For Comparision:

Mack:
2018: 0,616 rushing / 4.7 ypc / 068.4 ypg / 090 receiving / 07.5 ypc / 10.0 ypg

Wilkins:
2018: 0,318 rushing / 5.6 ypc / 024.5 ypg / 074 receiving / 05.3 ypc / 05.7 ypg

Hines:
2018: 0,289 rushing / 3.8 ypc / 022.2 ypg / 314 receiving / 06.0 ypc / 24.2 ypg

Bell's numbers are not as impressive as I would have thought. If Mack averages his game average for the next 3 games, then he will end up with 821 yards rushing with Wilkins chipping in 392 yards for a total of 1,213 between the two. At a lot lower cost.

Sure, having all that production rolled into one body is a HUGE advantage but is it worth the $14m per year in cap space that it would take to buy it?

Now that I am looking at the numbers, I would:

A. Not sign Bell to any contract for more than $13m a year (which means we will not sign him).
B. Kick the tires on a different veteran free agent RB to see if something fits but not wedded to the idea that we need to sign someone.
C. Draft another low round rookie to add to the RB stable.
D. Spend that other $13m - $15m in cap space on a free agent defender.

Walk Worthy,