{"id":790990,"date":"2026-03-04T08:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/790990\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:15:17","slug":"colts-capology-by-placing-transition-tag-on-qb-daniel-jones-indy-is-currently-over-the-cap-but-have-flexibility-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/790990\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts capology: By placing transition tag on QB Daniel Jones, Indy is currently over the cap, but have flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Indianapolis Colts have reportedly placed the transition tag, worth $37.833 million, on pending free agent starting quarterback Daniel Jones, which means they\u2019re currently a projected $4.7 million over the 2026 team salary cap (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mchappell51\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Fox59\/CBS4\u2019s Mike Chappell<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, the Colts salary cap situation remains entirely fluid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For one, the Colts could still agree to a long-term deal with Jones before free agency hits and potentially lessen his 2026 salary cap hit from the $37.833M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Second, the Colts have a number of veteran players they could potentially restructure, particularly starting wideout Michael Pittman Jr., who\u2019s due a $29 million cap hit next season. If a trade or restructuring cannot be reached, the Colts could save $24 million by cutting Pittman Jr. outright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Trading primary backup quarterback Anthony Richardson would also save the Colts a projected $5.4 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s also a number of other veteran players that the Colts could potentially restructure including starting left guard Quenton Nelson, defensive tackles DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart, linebacker Zaire Franklin, and cornerback Kenny Moore II.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Still, if the Colts want to free up enough cap space to also retain lead wideout Alec Pierce, who along with Jones is a priority internal free agent, they\u2019ll have to make some moves here\u2014while freeing up some ample cap space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts have reportedly placed the transition tag, worth $37.833 million, on pending free agent starting quarterback&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,6523,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-790990","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-indianapolis-colts-free-agency","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116169914841857712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790990","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=790990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}