It’s officially the dog days of the NFL offseason, as it’s the stretch of time between the end of free agency, the NFL Draft, organized team activities, and team training camps—which will kick off later this fresh new month of July.
Without a first round pick, the Colts’ biggest moves this offseason were the re-signing of both starting quarterback Daniel Jones and lead wideout Alec Pierce to lucrative multi-year contract extensions.
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Still, it’s one of the few offseasons in recent memory where the Colts have a handful of starting positional battles that are up for grabs during training camp, not just the usual one or two during the lengthy Chris Ballard era.
With OTAs now safely behind us, perhaps that’s given the Colts a little new perspective on those upcoming training camp positional battles. That’s why I’m curious what is the Colts biggest positional deficiency right now at least in the Horseshoe Faithful’s eyes:
A whopping 59% of Colts fans believe that it’s at defensive end, presumably opposite entrenched starter Laiatu Latu, in the wake of both Kwity Paye (Raiders) and Samson Ebukam (Falcons) departing earlier in free agency.
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Now, the Colts did not come away from this offseason without a reinforcement, as the team signed veteran defensive end Arden Key to a relatively team-friendly deal. While it was initially thought that Key could just be a rotational proven edge to help replace their lost depth, he’s now the projected starter.
His primary competition is projected to be 2nd-year pro Jaylahn Tuimoloau, who had a pretty quiet debut season as the Colts’ 2025 2nd round pick, but is hoping to be much improved after clearly hitting a rookie wall.
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