{"id":746893,"date":"2026-02-12T11:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746893\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:18:42","slug":"indianapolis-colts-predicted-to-make-big-splash-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746893\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts predicted to make big splash in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

One NFL analyst is predicting that the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> make a big splash in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n

Although if this prediction comes true, I’m not sure how surprising it will actually be.<\/p>\n

Several ESPN NFL experts<\/a> were recently asked to make a big offseason prediction. Matt Bowen’s prediction is that the Colts<\/a> sign free agent pass rusher Trey Hendrickson.<\/p>\n

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“Hendrickson, who led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024, would immediately upgrade the Indianapolis pass rush,” Bowen wrote.<\/p>\n

This would certainly be a big splash, but there are a few reasons that this wouldn’t come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

For one, defensive end is arguably the biggest need that the Colts have. Adding both depth and steady pass rush juice are requirements this offseason.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, he will be very familiar with Lou Anarumo’s defensive scheme after spending several seasons playing for him while the two were with the Bengals<\/a>. Hendrickson’s most productive seasons came with Anarumo as his defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

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And also of note, the Colts have reportedly expressed interest in Hendrickson previously. Last offseason, when the\u00a0Bengals<\/a>\u00a0were potentially trading Hendrickson, the\u00a0Colts reportedly called<\/a>\u00a0Cincinnati to check in.<\/p>\n

Indianapolis is in “good shape,” as Ballard put it,\u00a0salary cap-wise<\/a>\u00a0this offseason to take a more aggressive approach in free agency once again, which helps make Bowen’s prediction more plausible.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: NFL free agency: Why Indianapolis Colts could make big move<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One NFL analyst is predicting that the Indianapolis Colts make a big splash in free agency this offseason.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[228,227,2005,7,4609,2004,392,2381,14245,6,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-746893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-colts","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-free-agency","13":"tag-indianapolis","14":"tag-indianapolis-colts","15":"tag-indianapoliscolts","16":"tag-matt-bowen","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116057388910378933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746893","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=746893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}