The Colts should spend their cap money this year

Last season, the Colts decided not to spend a lot of their cap space despite having the third most in the league. This year, they should change their tactics a little bit.

Chris Ballard has preached internal development since he got here. He has said multiple times that he wants to build through the draft as opposed to free agency. But that doesn’t have to be the case all of the time. Especially this year when he has this much cap space at his disposal.

Ballard hit his last draft out of the park, drafting to first-team All-Pro guys in Quenton Nelson and Darius Leonard. He also drafted key players in Braden Smith, Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins, and Tyquan Lewis. But he won’t likely get a draft…