{"id":702706,"date":"2026-01-25T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702706\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T00:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:27:14","slug":"do-the-colts-have-to-address-the-offensive-line-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702706\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Colts have to address the offensive line this offseason?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 24, 2026, 3:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the 2026 NFL offseason underway for the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts,<\/a>\u00a0we will be taking a position-by-position look at the current state of the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Up next is the interior offensive line. You can find our previous previews below.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>&#8216; interior linemen under contractQuenton NelsonTanor BortoliniMatt GoncalvesBill MurrayLaDarius HendersonJimmy MorrisseyDalton TuckerJosh SillsExpert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>2025 season review<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There was a lot of change at this position group last year with Ryan Kelly and Will Fries leaving in free agency. However, second-year players Tanor Bortolini and Matt Goncalves stepped in and held their own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Among all centers, Bortolini ranked 16th in pass-blocking efficiency and third in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PFF&#8217;s run-blocking<\/a>\u00a0grade. Goncalves ranked 51st and 32nd in those same categories out of 85 eligible guards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nelson, meanwhile, continued to play at a high level. He was named a second-team All-Pro, ranking fourth in pass-blocking efficiency and fourth in run-blocking grade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Overall, PFF had the Colts&#8217; offensive line unit r<a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/01\/15\/indianapolis-colts-offensive-position-group-ranked-among-best-2025-season\/88198765007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ated as one of the best<\/a>\u00a0in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>What is the need along the interior offensive line for the Colts in 2026?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Well, all of their starters from 2025 are still under contract. So in that regard, there aren&#8217;t many questions here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With that said, Nelson is in the final year of his deal &#8212; could he be a contract extension candidate this offseason?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In addition to that, bolstering the depth with added competition should be on GM Chris Ballard&#8217;s radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 24, 2026, 3:40 p.m. ET With the 2026 NFL offseason underway for the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts,\u00a0we will be taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,95903,100483,100484,98154,99453,95896,95888,95895,95899,98126,95883,102299,95881],"class_list":["post-702706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-accessfree","tag-colts","tag-football","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflcolts","tag-sstsncolts","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagindianapolis-colts","tag-tagjimmy-morrissey","tag-tagjosh-sills","tag-tagladarius-henderson","tag-tagmatt-goncalves","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagryan-kelly","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagwill-fries","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115952906691571692","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702706","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=702706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}