Getty ImagesQuarterback Andrew Luck’s going to need a new contract soon and wide receiver T.Y. Hilton hasn’t been shy about discussing his desire for a bigger deal with the Colts, but Indianapolis’s contract concerns on offense go beyond those two players.
Tight ends Dwayne Allen and Coby Fleener are entering the final year of their pacts and so is left tackle Anthony Castonzo, who joined the team as a first-round pick a year before the other four players from the class of 2012 came on board. Castonzo said Monday that his representatives have been talking with the team about a long-term extension that would keep Castonzo on Luck’s blind side for years to come.
“If you play well, you get taken care of, that’s sort of the way I see it,” Castonzo said, via the Indianapolis Star. “If I was playing like garbage, I wouldn’t be here.”
The Colts haven’t built the strongest of lines in front of Luck over the last three years, but Castonzo has given them one player that they don’t need to think about replacing. While Luck’s next salary will eat up some of the cap space the team has had on hand, a chunk of what’s left should be devoted to making sure they don’t have to think about finding a new left tackle in the near future.
Castonzo is VERY underrated and should be the Colts LT for years to come. Pay the man!!
I agree that he’s the best player on our O line. I wish our first draft picks were on a RB and another Olineman. I feel the dorsett pick was an attempt to replace reggie wayne.