{"id":389691,"date":"2025-09-23T04:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/389691\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:15:12","slug":"colts-cb-mike-hilton-agree-to-deal-cb-kenny-moore-to-miss-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/389691\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts, CB Mike Hilton Agree To Deal; CB Kenny Moore To Miss Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

11:45am:\u00a0Moore\u2019s calf injury is expected to leave him sidelined for multiple weeks, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports<\/a>. Given that update, the Hilton signing comes as no surprise. Per Rapoport, his addition has come about via a practice squad deal, but Hilton could land on the active roster in short order.<\/p>\n

11:02am:\u00a0Shortly after Miami release, Mike Hilton<\/a>\u00a0met with the Colts. No deal was worked out with the veteran corner, but that has now changed. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hilton is signing with Indianapolis, as first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz<\/a>. The pact represents a reunion between the veteran slot corner and defensive coordinator\u00a0Lou Anarumo. The latter led Cincinnati\u2019s defense from 2019-24, overlapping with Hilton over that span.<\/p>\n

As such, it came as little surprise when a Colts visit<\/a> took place shortly before the start of the season. After no agreement was reached, Hilton also met with the Eagles<\/a>. Upon seeing the first three weeks (with tonight\u2019s contest pending) of the campaign go by without a contract in hand, though, Hilton now has his next NFL gig lined up. He could see notable playing time right away.<\/p>\n

Kenny Moore<\/a> suffered a calf injury yesterday, meaning the Colts\u2019 regular slot starter could be unavailable for a period. ESPN\u2019s Stephen Holder reports<\/a> there is initial optimism with respect to a serious injury having been avoided in this case. Further testing will nevertheless take place on Monday, and more clarity will presumably emerge once that takes place.<\/p>\n

In any event, Hilton will be counted on to play a role on a Colts secondary which dealt with a number of ailments even before the Moore injury. Having amassed 56 starts and 123 appearances in the regular season, Hilton represents a highly experienced option to be brought in during the season (and his familiarity with Anarumo\u2019s scheme should make his acclimation process a relatively seamless one). The 31-year-old\u2019s production has been consistent over the course of his career, and the same has generally been true in coverage.<\/p>\n

Details on the pact are not known at this point, but it would come as no surprise if this were to be a deal near the veteran minimum covering the remainder of the campaign. Indianapolis entered Monday with roughly $4.8MM in cap space, and that figure will be lowered to an extent once the Hilton agreement become official. He will look to chip in defensively as the 3-0 Colts aim to maintain their strong start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"11:45am:\u00a0Moore\u2019s calf injury is expected to leave him sidelined for multiple weeks, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,2381,26555,10348,6,3571],"class_list":{"0":"post-389691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-indianapolis-colts","12":"tag-indianapoliscolts","13":"tag-kenny-moore","14":"tag-mike-hilton","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115251676738893729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389691","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=389691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}