At the end of the 2010 season, however, the Colts may be in store for the biggest transition they have had to overcome yet. Joseph Addai, Charlie Johnson, Clint Session, Melvin Bullitt, Daniel Muir, Antonio Johnson, Kyle DeVan, and Eric Foster will all need to be re-signed or sign contract extensions in order to stay on the roster in 2011. Those eight players are either starters or regular contributors for the offense and defense of the Colts.
Added to this potential transition and the financial complications that will need to be overcome to retain these players, the Colts have just lost Raheem Brock, are working on a long-term contract for Antoine Bethea, just signed Gary Brackett to a new contract, and will likely make Peyton Manning the highest paid quarterback in the NFL sometime this summer.
Despite the fact that the Colts are a small-market team, it may be in the team’s short-term interest for the CBA to remain unresolved and the NFL to remain uncapped. If there is a cap, the Colts may need more short-term development from young players than the team has ever overcome in the past.
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