5 In-House Free Agents the Colts Must Bring Back Before Start of New League Year

The new league year is rapidly approaching for the Indianapolis Colts and with it, free agency. The Colts are set to enter this phase of the offseason with nearly 70 million dollars in cap space, which is almost 12 million dollars more than the next closest team.

While all of the talk and buzz will be about which free agents the Colts should bring in, the first order of business is figuring out which players should return before the start of the new league year.

The Colts currently have 24 unrestricted free agents set to hit the market, with another five restricted free agents (the restricted free agents will likely return). While the Colts don't have any big-time in-house free agents that they have to sign prior to the new league year, there are a few that they absolutely should bring back.

Here is my list of five players that the Colts shouldn't let hit free agency next week:

1.) Matt Pryor, Left Tackle

The most important free agent for the Colts to lock up prior to free agency is offensive tackle Matt Pryor. Pryor, 27, was acquired by the Colts for a 2022 sixth round pick prior to the regular season this past year. He ended up playing 438 snaps for the team and started games at left tackle, right guard, and right tackle on the season.

With the announcement today that it is unlikely the Colts bring back left tackle Eric Fisher, re-signing Pryor became much more paramount. He put out some good film this past season and showed that he could be a solid starter at the very important position.

The Colts have to make sure that he doesn't hit the market once the new league starts.