{"id":468684,"date":"2026-03-11T00:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:41:08","slug":"colts-dealt-harsh-reality-over-alec-pierce-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468684\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts dealt harsh reality over Alec Pierce contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indianapolis Colts<\/a> were a big watch as free agency began, with the futures of Daniel Jones and receiver Alec Pierce the headliners.<\/p>\n

Jones was kept, and Pierce was also retained, as he signed a huge four-year, $116 million deal.<\/p>\n

So two of Indianapolis’ top offensive weapons are coming back.<\/p>\n

But did the Colts overpay to keep Pierce?<\/p>\n

CBS Sports’ Carter Bahns thinks so.<\/p>\n

“Keeping Alec Pierce in town was a priority,” Bahns wrote<\/a>. “The contract he landed is evidence. His four-year, $116 million deal makes him the highest-paid free agent receiver in NFL history, and his average salary makes him ninth-richest receiver in the league for 2026. The contract also comes with $80 million guarantees, including $60 million upon signing.<\/p>\n

“Unless Indianapolis foresees getting Pierce involved in new parts of the field, it paid a premium for someone who is primarily a downfield target and cost itself a No. 1 receiver in the process.”<\/p>\n

More:\u00a0Commanders sign two-time Super Bowl champion in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n

Did Colts overpay for Pierce?<\/p>\n

At $29 million APY, it does feel like it, at least right now.<\/p>\n

A receiver who in four years, has only surpassed 1,000 yards once, and that was in 2025 (1003), but Pierce’s downfield threat is where is true value is.<\/p>\n

But if he can develop into an all-round weapon for the Colts and put up, say, 1,400 yards and a handful of touchdowns, then in a year’s time, we can look back on this deal and think the Colts didn’t overpay.<\/p>\n

But at this point in time, yes, they did. But that’s the price of doing business as free agency begins.<\/p>\n

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