\nExtend contracts of guard Quenton Nelson, wide receiver Josh Downs. <\/p>\n
Trade quarterback Anthony Richardson. <\/p>\n
Add to pass-rush through free-agent signing.\n<\/p>\n
The Indianapolis Colts sit at an organizational crossroads. Another failed season likely signals the end of the current regime. Or, the team can look like the one that started the 2025 campaign. <\/p>\n
As of now, the franchise can only operate based on what it knows. It knows that Nelson and Downs are quality players, who need to remain on the roster. Those two are outstanding talents and deserve contract extensions. The same can be said of DeForest Buckner and Jonathan Taylor, who are also on the last year of their deals, but those conversations are far more involved either due to age, injury history or positional value. <\/p>\n
The front office also knows Richardson isn’t the team’s quarterback of the future and should be dealt for whatever it can get. <\/p>\n
As the offseason continues, the Colts accomplished most of their primary goals except for adding a legitimate presence off the edge. After missing out on Trey Hendrickson, general manager Chris Ballard quickly pivoted to signing Arden Key and Micheal Clemons. <\/p>\n
However, the addition of a Joey Bosa or Jadeveon Clowney can provide much-needed help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Extend contracts of guard Quenton Nelson, wide receiver Josh Downs. Trade quarterback Anthony Richardson. Add to pass-rush through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-708470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}