{"id":744534,"date":"2026-02-11T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744534\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:34:23","slug":"2026-colts-free-agent-watch-mo-alie-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/744534\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Colts Free Agent Watch: Mo Alie-Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1744386603739.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Rams v Indianapolis Colts\" class=\"wp-image-550219\"  \/>Source: Dylan Buell \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Will the longest tenured Colts offensive player, one who hasn\u2019t missed a game in 5 years, be back in Indy?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the case for 32-year-old Mo Alie-Cox as he once again hits free agency.<\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of Tyler Warren, that allowed for a player like Alie-Cox to slide into a role that suits him much better.<\/p>\n<p>Alie-Cox played the 2nd most tight end snaps (419, 39% of the offensive snaps) across a 5th straight year of playing all 17 games. He caught 13 balls.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Alie-Cox is a blocker first, and he also logged a growing special teams role.<\/p>\n<p>Under Chris Ballard, the Colts have re-signed Alie-Cox on 3 separate occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLove Sports? Get more! Join the 93.5 \/ 107.5 The Fan Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe care about your data. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/urban1.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A one-year deal ($3.3 million) in March of 2021 was followed by a 3-year ($17.5 million) contract the following March. After spending nearly a month as a free agent last spring, Alie-Cox returned to the Colts on a one-year, $2.2 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing Alie-Cox back on a short, low value deal makes some sense.<\/p>\n<p>A free agency that also includes 27-year-old Drew Ogletree is something that needs to be factored in as well.<\/p>\n<p>Four years younger than Alie-Cox, Ogletree played a slightly less offensive role than his veteran counterpart (226 offensive snaps, 4 catches), with a greater ask of him on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Is this an either or between Alie-Cox or Ogletree?<\/p>\n<p>Do the Colts have room for both to keep those 2nd and 3rd tight end spots behind Warren in tact?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Dylan Buell \/ Getty INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Will the longest tenured Colts offensive player, one who hasn\u2019t missed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-744534","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-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116051555225010933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744534","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=744534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}