{"id":734165,"date":"2026-02-06T20:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/734165\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:12:37","slug":"10-best-available-free-agent-defensive-tackles-for-indianapolis-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/734165\/","title":{"rendered":"10 best available free agent defensive tackles for Indianapolis Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0have to address the defensive tackle position this offseason. If they choose to do so in free agency, who are the top available options this offseason?<\/p>\n

This is a position where the Colts<\/a> again need to bolster the depth behind DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart, with Neville Gallimore a free agent, but it also wouldn’t be a bad idea to begin planning ahead for what might be in store at this position in 2027.<\/p>\n

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Next offseason, Buckner, Stewart, and Adetomiwa Adebawore are all set to be free agents<\/a>. Buckner is currently 33 and coming off a neck injury, while Stewart is 34.<\/p>\n

During GM Chris Ballard’s end-of-season press conference, while not referencing the defensive tackle position specifically, he mentioned the need to get younger and faster on the defense as a whole. That could apply to this position group.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, the Colts could use more pass-rush juice from the interior. Buckner missed most of the second half of the season and still led this unit in quarterback pressures, according to PFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Salary-cap-wise, the\u00a0Colts are positioned well<\/a>\u00a0to make a splash or two in free agency. We saw Ballard take a more aggressive approach last offseason, which paid off for the Colts, and he’s in a position to do that again.<\/p>\n

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With help from\u00a0Pro Football Focus’<\/a>\u00a0free agency big board, here are the top available players at defensive tackle.<\/p>\n

10 best available free agent defensive tackles for Colts<\/p>\n

Calais Campbell, Cardinals<\/p>\n

John Franklin-Myers, Broncos<\/p>\n

Sebastian Joseph-Day, Titans<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Colts free agency: Top defensive tackles available this offseason<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Indianapolis Colts\u00a0have to address the defensive tackle position this offseason. If they choose to do so in free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[4997,4755,5422,2005,10176,11413,2793,12158,14967,7,4609,194,4987,2004,392,2381,2318,6279,4986,6,12134,14403,18781,222],"class_list":["post-734165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-adetomiwa-adebawore","tag-calais-campbell","tag-chris-ballard","tag-colts","tag-daquan-jones","tag-david-onyemata","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-deforest-buckner","tag-dj-reader","tag-football","tag-free-agency","tag-free-agent","tag-grover-stewart","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-john-franklin-myers","tag-levi-onwuzurike","tag-neville-gallimore","tag-nfl","tag-sebastian-joseph-day","tag-shelby-harris","tag-sheldon-rankins","tag-texans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116025514078725106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734165","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=734165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}