This year, the Indianapolis Colts are $16,707,140 under the cap. That is almost certainly not enough with stars like Dwayne Allen, Coby Fleener, and T.Y. Hilton all expecting to get paid big time a couple of years from now or possibly even after next year. None of these players have fifth year options. Andrew Luck will get any contract he asks for. Our five highest paid players in 2014 are 1) Robert Mathis - (cap hit) $8,750,000 2) Vontae Davis - $6,250,000 3) Reggie Wayne - $6,166,668 4) Andrew Luck - $6,029,454 and 5) Arthur Jones - 5,600,000. Looking down the cap table in 2014 its easy to overlook OT Gosder Cherilus sitting at $3,900,000 for 2014. However, in 2015, this number jumps up to a whopping $6,900,000 and an even more staggering number of $9,900,000 for both 2016 and 2017. This is an enormous amount of money spent for a player who while is certainly an asset to have on the strong side of the offensive line hasn't been able to produce anywhere NEAR this level. Enter Jack Mewhort. Hearing Grigson and Pagano talk about him at the post-draft press conference, it seemed like he was a development prospect. Looking at the pre-draft scouting reports of him, his versatility seemed to stand out. However, I saw multiple scouts say that he seemed to fit best at right tackle, where Cherilus plays. My theory is that as the Colts are not in a win-now mode, and none of the picks we took this year were designed to make a significant impact. Rather, Pagano and Grigson saw an opportunity to find a replacement for a player for whom they overpayed for significantly in free agency and whom they could look to offload at some point over the next two seasons to free up cap room. Note: This is speculation, but as the most cap room taken by a quarterback in 2014 was Eli Manning with $20,400,000, and I would assume that Luck's cap hit on his new contract would be roughly similar to that, the 19,800,000 that Cherilus would be due in 2016 and 2017 would probably pay for close to half of Luck's contract if he is off the team.