Follow every signing and trade with The Athletic’s live coverage of 2025 NFL Free Agency This free agency has to be different. Last season wasn’t good enough. Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard acknowledged as much.

The NFL offseason is about to move into high gear, with free agency unofficially beginning with the league's legal tampering period on Monday, March 10. The Indianapolis Colts have not typically been very active in the first wave of free agency.

The Colts selected Anthony Richardson at No. 4 overall in the 2023 draft. But now Indianapolis is preparing to bring in another quarterback who will have a chance to start in 2025. In his press conference at the scouting combine,

If the Indianapolis Colts and GM Chris Ballard are going to explore free agency, here are the best available free agents at key positions of need.

Before free agency has even begun, the free agent linebacker market is already thinning out for the Indianapolis Colts.

However, as we sit here on Sunday morning, roughly one day before the legal tampering period opens, the Colts haven't made these moves yet. The first should be agreeing to an extension with right guard Will Fries.

The NFL free agency market is slated to open this week as teams across the league determine who to add to their roster for the 2025 season. For the Indianapolis Colts, important decisions will have to be made regarding which players to re-sign following a disappointing 2024 campaign.