{"id":748501,"date":"2026-02-13T05:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748501\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:05:24","slug":"high-potential-roster-turnover-for-colts-highlights-offseason-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748501\/","title":{"rendered":"High potential roster turnover for Colts&#8217; highlights offseason needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> could experience a relatively high amount of turnover on the defensive side of the football this offseason.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN&#039;s Mike Clay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN&#8217;s Mike Clay<\/a> recently shared a chart that displayed what percentage of each team&#8217;s defensive snaps from the 2025 season are still under contract in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the Colts, only 63% of their defensive snaps from this past season are from players still under contract heading into the upcoming offseason. This is the seventh-lowest mark in football.<\/p>\n<p>Notable <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> unrestricted free agents on defense in 2026<\/p>\n<p>There are other free agents on defense, but these are the big contributors and highlight the needs that the Colts have to address.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive end position alongside of Liatu Latu has to be reshaped.<\/p>\n<p>A starting safety next to Cam Bynum and a starting linebacker next to Zaire Franklin have to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Bolstering the defensive tackle depth once again will have to be a priority.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This certainly could end up being a defensive-centric offseason for the Colts.<\/p>\n<p>Salary-cap-wise, the Colts<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/colts-updated-2026-salary-cap-185305559.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:are positioned well;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> are positioned well <\/a>to make some moves in free agency. In the draft, they are without a first-round pick and have <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/indianapolis-colts-gain-2-additional-183758958.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:seven selections in total;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seven selections in total<\/a>, including compensatory picks.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/02\/12\/high-potential-roster-turnover-indianapolis-colts-highlights-offseason-needs\/88645448007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts roster: Several key defensive contributors set to be free agents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts roster: Several key defensive contributors set to be free agents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts could experience a relatively high amount of turnover on the defensive side of the football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,2814,2793,7,2977,2004,392,2381,4996,9303,8822,6,4998,782,4993,4989,4995],"class_list":["post-748501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-colts","tag-defensive-side","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-football","tag-germaine-pratt","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-kwity-paye","tag-mike-clay","tag-neville","tag-nfl","tag-nick-cross","tag-offseason","tag-samson-ebukam","tag-tyquan-lewis","tag-zaire-franklin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116061584084839086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748501","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=748501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}