Recapping the 2018/19 NFL season

#5 The Colts will dominate the AFC going forward

We said it earlier this year, the Colts are building a monster in Indianapolis. Once again we want to refer back to one of our articles a couple of months ago when we talked about how they set themselves up for success going forward and analysed the situation they are in.

The Indianapolis Colts have slowly built a competitive roster that already earned a playoff berth despite being far from complete. With the assets they have collected and how they have worked free agency and the draft under general manager Chris Ballard, they now have the most money to spend at $107 million and they still have plenty of draft picks to acquire new young talent.

The front office already added All-Pro players in guard Quenton Nelson and linebacker Darius Leonard in last year’s draft in combination to key role players later on as well as selecting a perfect fit at free safety with the rangy Malik Hooker and future starters on day three in Marlon Mack, Nate Hairston and Anthony Walker back in 2017.

They still have an extra second round pick this year after stealing a total of four second-rounders last year, when they traded down just three spots and still got their man in Big Q. Indy has a special quarterback in Andrew Luck fully healthy again and they have put a wall in front of him to him upright.

They also have some talented pass-catchers, depth on the defensive line and excellent studs on the second and third level. They need to add some a couple more weapons to put around their signal-caller and sign one or two good cover-guys and they should be pretty much in the race for the AFC.

While I don’t want to jump to conclusions here and tell you that they will make it to the Super Bowl in 2019, I don’t believe they even need to. The Colts have a large window now and it’s up to them what they do with their money that will define their future.

I have always been a believer in Andrew Luck and when you can run the ball down opponents’ throats as well as protect that guy, plus your defense can at least hold the other guys to 20 points – that is scary stuff.