{"id":96863,"date":"2026-07-06T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/colts-reacts-survey-results\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:22:56","slug":"colts-reacts-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/colts-reacts-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts Reacts Survey Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/0d0c5c54d1183e9ecf338d164baaaec9\" data-uuid=\"d316a587-dd0b-31c9-bdb6-1fdc382c2765\"><figcaption> \tINDIANAPOLIS, IN &#8211; MAY 27: Indianapolis Colts defensive end Arden Key (98) runs through a drill during the Indianapolis Colts OTA on May 27, 2026 at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s officially the dog days of the NFL offseason, as it\u2019s the stretch of time between the end of free agency, the NFL Draft, organized team activities, and team training camps\u2014which will kick off later this fresh new month of July. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a first round pick, the Colts\u2019 biggest moves this offseason were the re-signing of both starting quarterback Daniel Jones and lead wideout Alec Pierce to lucrative multi-year contract extensions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, it\u2019s one of the few offseasons in recent memory where the Colts have a handful of starting positional battles that are up for grabs during training camp, not just the usual one or two during the lengthy Chris Ballard era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With OTAs now safely behind us, perhaps that\u2019s given the Colts a little new perspective on those upcoming training camp positional battles. That\u2019s why I\u2019m curious what is the Colts biggest positional deficiency right now at least in the Horseshoe Faithful\u2019s eyes:  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/b3c544552076857ff0dabf285c68b16f\" title=\"\" data-uuid=\"a58a9372-a3cf-314b-be37-bcbd6a03acb3\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A whopping 59% of Colts fans believe that it\u2019s at defensive end, presumably opposite entrenched starter Laiatu Latu, in the wake of both Kwity Paye (Raiders) and Samson Ebukam (Falcons) departing earlier in free agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the Colts did not come away from this offseason without a reinforcement, as the team signed veteran defensive end Arden Key to a relatively team-friendly deal. While it was initially thought that Key could just be a rotational proven edge to help replace their lost depth, he\u2019s now the projected starter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His primary competition is projected to be 2nd-year pro Jaylahn Tuimoloau, who had a pretty quiet debut season as the Colts\u2019 2025 2nd round pick, but is hoping to be much improved after clearly hitting a rookie wall. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/colts-reacts-survey-results-022056877.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS, IN &#8211; MAY 27: Indianapolis Colts defensive end Arden Key (98) runs through a drill during the Indianapolis Colts OTA on May 27, 2026 at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It\u2019s officially the dog days of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9388,8341,1877,1316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}