Colts announce initial 53 man roster

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Originally Posted by Kray007

The reason they have so much cap space is that they carved out a big chunk of it in anticipation of adding Trey Hendrickson.

I honestly don't think this is the case. Hendrickson's cap hit would've been low for 2026 had they signed him. The Ravens have a $15 million cap hit for him for 2026, and that's on a $28 million AAV deal. I think the Colts like to roll cap space over, which is a smart strategy if there's not a quality player to spend the money on. They have just over $19 million of cap space now, and they're likely wanting to roll that on the hope that Daniel Jones can be the answer at QB, so they can use it toward getting a long term extension done.