{"id":838928,"date":"2026-03-28T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838928\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:57:12","slug":"current-state-of-colts-cornerback-room-before-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838928\/","title":{"rendered":"Current state of Colts&#8217; cornerback room before draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 28, 2026, 7:32 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With NFL free agency at a near standstill, we will be evaluating the current state of each\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0position group, specifically, where things stand and whether or not more moves need to be made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">GM Chris Ballard has now made nine outside free agent signings over the last week-plus, along with re-signing a number of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>&#8216; own free agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">However, there is still work to be done, as the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>\u00a0still have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/03\/18\/6-positions-colts-must-address-between-free-agency-nfl-draft\/89208563007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several roster holes<\/a>\u00a0to address. The good news is that the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>\u00a0have a good amount of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/03\/17\/colts-salary-cap-update-first-wave-nfl-free-agency\/89191908007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">salary cap space<\/a>\u00a0to work with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the draft, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>\u00a0are without a first-round pick and have a modest seven selections in total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Up next in our review is the cornerback position. If you missed our other positional reviews, you can find them below.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>&#8216; cornerbacks under contract after free agencySauce GardnerCharvarius WardKenny MooreJustin WalleyCam Taylor-BrittMekhi BlackmonCameron MitchellJohnathan EdwardsJaylon JonesRob Carter Jr.Wyett Ekeler<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>\u00a0free agency moves\u00a0at cornerbackWhat is the need at cornerback for the Colts after free agency?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You won&#8217;t find a more well put together position group on this Colts roster. There&#8217;s high-end talent, depth, and competition within this unit. So the need is very small.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We know who the starters will be, but the two questions are how many roster spots are devoted to the cornerback position and who is left off the 53-man?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With Ward, Gardner, Moore, and Wallley as roster locks, that likely leaves Taylor-Britt, Edwards, Blackmon, Mitchell, and Jones competing for two or maybe three roster spots if the Colts go heavy here and keep seven cornerbacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 28, 2026, 7:32 a.m. ET With NFL free agency at a near standstill, we will be evaluating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,49915,95900,95882,115485,95903,98102,95896,95888,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-838928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","12":"tag-sstsncolts","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagcameron-mitchell","15":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","16":"tag-tagkenny-moore-ii","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116306920863817166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838928","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=838928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}