Jan. 29, 2026, 10:21 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Where do the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> rank in salary cap space compared to the rest of the NFL heading into the 2026 offseason?<\/p>\n According to Over the Cap<\/a>, the Colts<\/a> have $26.9 million in salary cap space at the moment. GM Chris Ballard believes that the Colts will\u00a0“be in good shape”<\/a> salary-cap-wise\u00a0this offseason.<\/p>\n When owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon spoke with the media after the season, she mentioned how\u00a0Ballard adapted<\/a>\u00a0his roster-building approach, which included being more aggressive.<\/p>\n Ballard then\u00a0seemed to acknowledge<\/a>\u00a0that continuing down that path was going to be the plan this offseason.<\/p>\n Addressing the defensive side of the ball, specifically, seems to be a big priority for the Colts this offseason.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Some notable free agents for the Colts this offseason include Daniel Jones, Alec Pierce, Nick Cross, and others. For the full list of Colts’ free agents, you can find that\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is also the opportunity for Ballard to create more salary cap room through contract restructures, extensions, and veteran cuts. Any unused cap space from 2025 will also rollover to 2026.<\/p>\n 2026 NFL salary cap rankingsTitans – $93.5MRaiders – $81.3MChargers – $80.5MSeahawks – $66.8MJets – $66.3MCommanders – $63.4MBengals – $46.9MSteelers – $37.6Rams<\/a> – $37.3Patriots – $31.2MCardinals – $30.4MColts – $26.9M49ers – $23.3MBroncos – $20.4MFalcons – $17.4MBucs – $16.7MRavens – $13.8MEagles – $10.4MPanthers – $9.1MGiants – ($58,866)Packers<\/a> – ($10.6M)Bills – ($13.96M)Texans<\/a> – ($14.1M)Lions – ($16.7M)Bears – ($17.6M)Saints – ($21.6M)Jaguars<\/a> – ($21.9M)Browns – ($23.9M)Dolphins – ($30.3M)Cowboys – ($39.4M)Vikings<\/a> – ($48.9M)Chiefs – ($62.5M)<\/p>\n Salary cap figures courtesy of Over the Cap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 29, 2026, 10:21 a.m. ET Where do the Indianapolis Colts rank in salary cap space compared to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,96014,95882,96015,95976,95953,95903,95936,95924,95988,95896,95888,95895,95937,95899,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-718912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagalec-pierce","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagdaniel-jones","20":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","21":"tag-taghouston-texans","22":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","23":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","24":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","25":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","26":"tag-tagnational-sports","27":"tag-tagnfl","28":"tag-tagnfl-hub","29":"tag-tagnick-cross","30":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","31":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","32":"tag-tagsports-news","33":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115989408947609564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718912","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=718912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}