{"id":211799,"date":"2025-07-16T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/211799\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:32:10","slug":"2-indianapolis-colts-position-groups-among-largest-salary-cap-hits-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/211799\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Indianapolis Colts position groups among largest salary cap hits in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Compared to the other 31 NFL teams, the <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts <\/a>have two of the largest total salary cap hits at the running back and defensive line positions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/position\/_\/year\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:According to Spotrac;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">According to Spotrac<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts<\/a> have $20.43 million in cap space devoted to the running back position this season, which is the most in the NFL. Along the defensive line, the Colts have $81.78 million devoted to that position group, and that is the second-most this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Taylor accounts for most of that cap space. He has a salary cap hit this season of $15.38 million. The second-largest cap hit at the running back position belongs to Josh Jacobs at $11.325 million.<\/p>\n<p>So, even though cap-wise, the Colts don&#8217;t have any other big deals on the books, Taylor&#8217;s cap hit is enough to give the Indianapolis running back room the title of largest cap hit in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the defensive line, we know that this is a position group that GM Chris Ballard has invested heavily in over the years, both in cap space and in draft capital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap\/indianapolis-colts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:At $26.6 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">At $26.6 million<\/a>, DeForest Buckner has the largest cap hit on the team, while Grover Stewart is sixth, Kwity Paye is seventh, and Samson Ebukam is ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Among all defensive tackles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/rankings\/player\/_\/year\/2025\/position\/de\/sort\/cap_total\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:league-wide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">league-wide<\/a>, Buckner&#8217;s cap hit is the highest, and Stewart ranks 13th. At defensive end, Paye ranks 14th and Ebukam 16th.<\/p>\n<p>As the money indicates, these are two position groups that the Colts will rely heavily on this season and ones that will go a long way in determining the ceiling for this year&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/07\/16\/colts-running-back-defensive-line-positions-among-largest-salary-cap-hits-2025\/85237949007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts&#039; RB and DL positions among largest salary cap hits in 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts&#8217; RB and DL positions among largest salary cap hits in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compared to the other 31 NFL teams, the Indianapolis Colts have two of the largest total salary cap&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,1156,12158,7,4987,2004,392,2381,1753,4129,4996,6,8467,7238,4993],"class_list":{"0":"post-211799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-defensive-line","10":"tag-deforest-buckner","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-grover-stewart","13":"tag-indianapolis","14":"tag-indianapolis-colts","15":"tag-indianapoliscolts","16":"tag-jonathan-taylor","17":"tag-josh-jacobs","18":"tag-kwity-paye","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-position-group","21":"tag-salary-cap","22":"tag-samson-ebukam"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114863403444097803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}