Colts 2015 Salary Cap Outlook

Estimated 2015 Cap Space: $27.7M ($143M cap limit)Roster Overview Players Under Contract: 54 Pro Bowlers: 5 Unrestricted Free Agents: 12(6 with 50%+ playtime) Draft Selection: 29 Salary Cap Breakdown Free Agents to Re-sign Veteran safety Mike Adams ended up being an important addition to the Colts defense last season on a one year minimum salary contract. […]

2015 Compensatory Draft Pick Projection Update (2/18/2015): A Change To Same-Round Cancellations & Cutoffs By Round, Plus Some Thoughts On LeGarrette Blount

Since this is the first year I have set out to project the NFL’s compensatory draft picks (via a program built using OTC’s data), I anticipated that there would be mistakes along the way as part of simply learning more of the process. I have already issued a couple corrections as I have learned more, […]

The Basics and Methodology on Projecting the Compensatory Draft Picks for 2015 (and beyond)

[adsenseyu1] One aspect of the NFL that I’ve always had a unique fascination with is its practice of awarding compensatory draft picks to teams that incur a net loss of free agents from the previous offseason. Perhaps it’s fascinated me because its operating details are deliberately mysterious, and we are usually left with questions and […]