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https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Erik-Swoope-Jersey , it’s time to look ahead and see how the Colts stand in terms of the salary cap. We’ll break down their positional salary cap spending, how it compares to the NFL average, their projected salary cap number for next season and their notable impending free agents. The figures used are from Spotrac.com and Overthecap.com and are based on the current “Active Roster” players in the NFL. QuarterbacksColts Spending: $25,176,076Percentage of Salary Cap: 12.97%NFL Average: $17,114,528Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Andrew Luck — $24,400,000It all comes down to the production and Luck produces at an elite level in the NFL. He is well worth the money and there isn’t much more to say. Running BacksColts Spending: $1,861,358Percentage of Salary Cap: 0.96%NFL Average: 5,055,948Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Nyheim Hines — $661,137The numbers of this group are quite surprising. It’s the lowest paid offensive or defensive group on the team and considering the amount of production they’ve gotten from the running backs, it’s a fantastic bargain. The group is averaging 4.5 yards per carry and 1242 on the season. Both are average figures compared to the rest of the league, but considering the small amount of money the Colts have in them, it’s a great investment!ReceiversColts Spending: $19,517,647Percentage of Salary Cap: 10.06%NFL Average: $16,093,723Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: $13,000,000This might not be a great investment for the Colts this season. While TY Hilton has done many TY Hilton things this season, the group has been marred by inconsistent play, filled with poor route running and bad drops. Their play has improved in recent weeks, but this group has not lived up to their $19M+ billing. Tight EndsColts Spending: $13,131,981Percentage of Salary Cap: 6.77%NFL Average: $6,833,466Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Eric Ebron — $6,750,000This group is one of the highest paid tight end groups in the NFL, but this group has earned every penny. Eric Ebron is tied for most touchdowns (11) in the NFL and Jack Doyle’s play has been top notch before suffering a season-ending injury. Mo Alie-Cox and Erik Swoope have also been nice pieces. This group has been the best in football, so it’s obviously been a great investment!Offensive LineColts Spending: $22,526,861Percentage of Salary Cap: 11.61%NFL Average: $26,090,929Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Anthony Castonzo — $10 Malik Hooker Jersey ,800,000Like the tight end group, the Colts offensive line has been amongst the best in the NFL this season. Unlike the tight end group, this group’s spending is below the NFL average. With Quenton Nelson and Ryan Kelly still in rookie deals, the Colts are getting great bargains. This is a young group that should be a bright spot for many years to come.Defensive LineColts Spending: $23,064,359Percentage of Salary Cap: 11.89%NFL Average: $25,190,996Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Jabaal Sheard — $7,500,000The defensive line has had an up and down season. Some weeks they look invisible and others they look very good. Considering the Colts have spent the NFL average on the group and the group has been average for the most part, you can call this one a modest investment. Jabaal Sheard, their largest individual investment, has had a nice season along with rookie Kemoko Turay. The interior defensive lineman haven’t been as strong as the edge defenders, which can hurt the group at times. LinebackersColts Spending: $4,889,232Percentage of Salary Cap: 2.52%NFL Average: $17,671,703Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Darius Leonard — $1,317,782This group has had a fantastic season, led by defensive rookie of the year front-runner and defensive player of the year sleeper, Darius Leonard. He’s a rookie, so his contract is very affordable and considering his play, he should be making 10 times more. Anthony Walker and the other linebackers all make less than 1 million and the group has been steady for most of the season. CornerbacksColts Spending: $5,137,021Percentage of Salary Cap: 2.65%NFL Average: $14,190,952Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Pierre Desir — $1,562,500Considering the amount spent compared to the NFL average, you can definitely say this group has been a good bargain, but overall, this group is average at best compared to the rest of the NFL. This group can definitely benefit by adding a star player in this year’s free agency class and considering the cap space and the amount the Colts have spent on this group, this is very doable and should be something the Colts pursue in the offseason. SafetiesColts Spending: $5,261,136Percentage of Salary Cap: 2.71%NFL Average: $9,537 Quincy Wilson Color Rush Jersey ,528Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Malik Hooker — $2,863,615Malik Hooker, on his rookie contract, is one of the best individual bargains in the NFL when talking about safeties. Clayton Geathers has had an underwhelming year and was outplayed early on in the season by Matthias Farley, who was put on Injured Reserve. This group has performed well considering the amount of spending the Colts have put into them, but this is also a group that can benefit from some free agency spending. Special TeamsColts Spending: 4,184,000Percentage of Salary Cap: 2.16%NFL Average: $4,435,608Colts Player with the Largest Cap Hit: Adam Vinatieri — $3,625,000It’s tough to compare special teams spending around the league. The reality of special teams is: do the punter and kicker perform well? If the answer is yes, then the spending is almost irrelevant. This group has performed very well this season. Salary Cap UpdateThe Colts currently have $49,338,629 in cap space according to Over the Cap. With all that money projected to carry over and with the salary cap expected to rise to $190,000,000 next season, the Colts should have approximately $123,610,387 in cap space next season.It’s worth noting that the Colts need to spend a certain amount of money to avoid being in breach of not meeting the NFL Salary Cap floor. In four year increments, starting in 2017 and going until 2020, NFL teams are required to spend at least 89% of their cap space in cash. The league is entering the third year of the four year cycle and the Colts will enter the 2019 offseason having only spent 68.4% of their salary cap. In short, expect the Colts to spend some money this offseason so they don’t have to go crazy next offseason to meet the NFL salary cap floor. Notable 2019 Free Agents Pierre DesirMatthias FarleyClayton GeathersRyan GrantMargus HuntAdam VinatieriAl WoodsAll in all, the Colts are in very good shape! Many of the position groups are performing extremely well compared to the amount of money the Colts have invested in them. This is a strong, young team with a lot of money in the bank moving forward. The team benefits from a lot of great rookie contracts, so I expect the Colts to be very active in free agency over the next couple of years. The Colts squeaked out a win in what was an ugly and mistake-riddled performance. Ultimately, what counts is that they got the win, and they’ll move to 6-5 on the season and extend their win streak to 5 games. It would be foolish to expect that there will not be some games where the team struggles, and this was certainly one of those. Let’s take a look at the winners and losers from this game.WinnersDarius LeonardBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsLet’s just go ahead and pencil him in as a winner from here on out, because that’s something he has earned. Leonard continues his exemplary play and notched another 10 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 QB hit. He is 17 total tackles ahead of the next guy, and he missed a game. After going down on the first play of the game and leaving with what looked like a knee injury, Leonard was back in action again when the defense next took the field. He continues to be their most reliable defensive player and it is tough to remember that he is still so young and that his ceiling is even higher still. T.Y. HiltonThomas J. Russo-USA TODAY SportsHilton couldn’t top his game last week, but he did his best to come close. He was 7 of 10 for 125 yards on the day, and asserted himself once again as a key cog to the Colts’ offense. With just two tight ends active today, the Colts couldn’t run their 3 tight end sets that have become a standard with Frank Reich. Hilton’s continued production allowed them to be effective despite that loss of personnel. Even with all the different players getting targeted and Hilton missing 2 games Skai Moore Color Rush Jersey , he is still on pace to have a career high in touchdowns, and to surpass his yards total from last season. That’s exactly what the Colts need out of him if they want to keep rolling.Eric EbronBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsEric Ebron has 11 receiving touchdowns. That is good for a tie with Antonio Brown and Tyreek Hill for first in the NFL. You can bet both those guys have seen more targets than Ebron, too. It seems like all he does is make teams pay in the red zone. Ebron went 5 of 7 for 45 yards and 2 touchdowns. If Luck had thrown a better ball, he might have even had a 3rd score today as well instead of Xavien Howard getting a second interception. It is a long shot, but there is an actual possibility that Ebron could break Rob Gronkowski’s single season receiving touchdown record by a tight end of 17 if he continues his current pace. Pretty decent free agent pickup.Marlon MackBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsWith the game hanging in the balance and the offense struggling for much of the first three quarters, Mack sort of took over this game. He rushed for 85 yards on 15 attempts, 34 of those yards coming in the 4th quarter on a critical drive that ended in a field goal and helped give the team much needed momentum as they pushed to get back into the game. Mack left the game with a concussion on that drive, but he continues to be an effective weapon on the ground and added another 2 catches for 11 yards in the passing game for 96 yards from scrimmage. For the lead back in a committee, that’s a nice performance. Had he not had to leave the game, he was well on his way to another 100-yard game on the ground. Honorable Mentions: Nyheim Hines, Mike Mitchell, Margus Hunt, Quincy WilsonLosersPierre DesirIt is hard to label someone a loser from just one play, but if that play is a 74-yard touchdown, you might have to make an exception. That’s exactly what Desir gave up to Leonte Carroo with just over a minute left in the first half. QB Ryan Tannehill scrambled to buy himself time to throw the ball and went deep to Carroo, who had his route undercut by Desir. What followed was one of the poorest vertical leaps I’ve ever witnessed in an NFL game. To make matters worse, Desir gets knocked down while going for the ball, so he isn’t even able to make a tackle after whiffing on the interception. Hooker also gets an honorable mention and won’t be feeling great when his loaf on this play is called out in meetings this week. Not a great showing for the secondary here.Jordan WilkinsWilkins didn’t get a lot of time in this game, but he made an impact nonetheless. While the Colts didn’t use him in the running game, his 3 passes for 32 yards were a strong showing. Unfortunately, at the end of one of those 3 catches, Wilkins fumbled the ball away.That fumble came on the heels of a defensive stop, and stunted the momentum of the offense, which was moving the ball effectively up to that point. There are a lot of things to like about Jordan Wilkins. He has shown that he has value as a rotational back, but he won’t be able to continue to get looks if he cannot protect the ball. His fumble didn’t result in points for Miami, but he can’t make those kinds of mistakes going forward.Special TeamsIt was a rough outing for the special teams unit Sunday. The Colts found themselves often in poor field position, pinned inside their own 15-yard line 4 different times by the Dolphins’ punt team. By comparison, they were able to put Miami at their 11-yard line once, which was the only time a punt put them deeper than their 34-yard line.Adam Vinatieri, despite kicking the game winner, shanked a field goal try in the 3rd quarter and a blocked punt set the Dolphins up at the Colts’ 42-yard line which resulted in a field goal. Both Rigoberto Sanchez and Adam Vinatieri would probably like to have a do-over on this game. They’ll undoubtedly be fine, but the unit as a whole needs to step it up down the stretch, because the margin for error is slim, and wins are at a premium.