Colts get crushed for free agency approach
Did the Colts make a mistake?
Colts get crushed for free agency approach originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Indianapolis Colts have had an interesting offseason, to say the least.
They gave a boatload of money to a quarterback who doesn't have a history of playing good football for long periods, plus he's coming off an Achilles injury. Then the Alec Pierce deal was eyebrow-raising, but the Colts clearly believe in both Pierce and Jones to repeat their 2025 efforts. But not everyone is pleased with how the Colts approached their business.
Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr has handed the Colts a D+ grade for their free agency dealings. "The Colts took sizable hits to ensure they kept the tandem of Jones and Pierce," Orr wrote . "Perhaps that wasn’t the right move for a team that lost seven consecutive games to end last season.
To make matters worse, Jones is recovering from a significant Achilles injury and he doesn’t have a track record of putting together back-to-back strong seasons. "It was a win for the team to re-sign Pierce, but it needed to trade Michael Pittman Jr. to Pittsburgh to create cap space.