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INDIANAPOLIS — The season is officially over. The Super Bowl champion has been crowned. Now it’s on to the offseason — with this offseason being more pivotal for some teams than others.
The Indianapolis Colts are one of those teams.
The coaching staff and front office were likely thinking about this offseason long before owner Jim Irsay arrived back in Indianapolis to meet with general manager Chris Ballard and coach Frank Reich after his team missed the playoffs after losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 18.
The player who will be talked about the most on the Colts’ roster is quarterback Carson Wentz, the player handpicked by Reich to be his starter last season.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported on Super Bowl Sunday it looked “bleak” for Wentz to return to Indianapolis for a second season.
“Yes, the Colts did not give him support verbally after the season,” Mortensen said on ESPN. “Said that they weren’t guaranteeing him anything. Well, right now, it looks bleak. … So, for Carson Wentz and the Colts, it looks like it was a one-year marriage that went wrong.”
A divorce between the Colts and Wentz would have to occur within the next four weeks or so to help financially. Wentz will get $15 million whether he’s on the Colts or not next season. But the team can save about $13 million if it releases him by March 18.
A league source said no decision has been made on Wentz or any other player on the roster.
The chances of the Colts moving on from Wentz increased when Ballard refused to say the quarterback would be his starter next season.
“Sitting here today, just so y’all know, I won’t make a comment on who is going to be here next year and who is not going to be here next year,” Ballard said on Jan. 13. “That’s not fair to any player.”
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Source : espn
