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Indianapolis Star
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Most essential Colts No. 8: Can Camryn Bynum transform this secondary?
In a salary-cap league like the NFL, finding building blocks is essential. As teams churn and burn the roster through the draft and bargain signings in free agency, it helps to find the players who are either a cut above the rest or can perform a task few others can. They relieve the pressure on everyone. Over the next few weeks, we'll be ranking the 15 most essential players to the Colts' success entering the 2025 season. It's a subjective process, weighing factors such as ability, positional value within a scheme, age, leadership and durability. To make it simpler, we're asking the following two questions about these players: 1. How difficult would he be to replace for more than a month? 2. What does the Colts' ceiling become in 2025 and beyond if this player hits his? Unlike in recent seasons, the pressure appears to be ramping up on what this year's Colts team needs to accomplish. Anthony Richardson enters a critical third season with plenty to prove. The team is under new ownership with Jim Irsay's passing and the transition to his three daughters. And the Colts have now not made the playoffs for four seasons, with no playoff wins in six and no AFC South titles in 10. Thus, these rankings will skew a little more toward 2025 importance than they have in recent seasons. Here's the list so far: 9. Quenton Nelson, guard 10. Tyler Warren, tight end 11. Laiatu Latu, defensive end 12. Daniel Jones, quarterback 13. Kenny Moore II, cornerback 14. Zaire Franklin, linebacker 15. Alec Pierce, wide receiver Up next is No. 8, Camryn Bynum. Position: Free safety Age: 26 Experience: 5th season Last year's rank: N/A 2024 stats: 96 tackles, 3 interceptions, 10 passes defensed, 2 fumble recoveries, 2 tackles-for-loss with 17 starts in 17 games Why he's here: A year ago, the Colts had another safety in the top 10 of this list. That was Julian Blackmon, and he was primed for a breakout season and also in charge of holding together one of the youngest secondaries in the league. But Blackmon hurt his shoulder early, switched positions and never found that consistent play. As a result, the Colts' defense fell apart in the middle of the field, and this spring, general manager Chris Ballard went on a desperate search for answers. Camryn Bynum is here to be one of those answers. The Colts pursued him as aggressively as possible, inking him to a four-year, $60 million deal. In total contract value, it makes him the fourth-highest paid player on the roster. They made the signing because of the need but also because of all of the ways that Bynum can be a solution. He's become as reliable and versatile as they come, with zero missed games the past three seasons and multiple interceptions in each one. He'll rotate from free safety to strong safety to even some moments at nickel. Last season, that paid off in one of the more aggressive defenses under Brian Flores and led the Vikings to a 14-3 season. The idea is that he can come in and bring much of the same under new defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo. Anarumo runs a man-heavy scheme that asks the safeties to rotate and surprise the quarterback. With a developing but limited safety in Nick Cross across from him, it'll be on Bynum to coordinate this group and provide strong coverage in the middle of the field, or an area that consistently killed the Colts last season. Bynum doesn't quite have to patch things together the way Blackmon was asked to, as Bynum was just one of two splash additions to the secondary this offseason (corner Charvarius Ward was the other). With Cross and Jaylon Jones taking a step and Pro Bowlers at the other two spots, his job is more to lead this group as one of the best on the Colts' roster all of a sudden. His position makes it hard to climb much higher than No. 8, but his floor is also higher than most given his age, durability and consistency. If he's as advertised with the Colts, he'll be exactly what they've needed to add for a few years.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vikings' Josh Metellus receives warning at Timberwolves playoff game
Everyone has been to a sporting event where things may have gotten out of hand in one way or another. For some folks, it is at a professional sporting event, others it is at their kids' t-ball game. Hopefully, it is the first one, but everyone has their bad days, and we aren't here to judge. For one Minnesota Vikings player, he wanted to show support for another Minnesota sports team, the Timberwolves. Josh Metellus finds himself trusted into a starting role in the Vikings defense after the departure of Camryn Bynum this offseason, so all eyes will be on him on the field. While visiting the Target Center, however, all eyes were on him in a different way after he got a little too excited being seated courtside for the Timberwolves conference finals game against the Thunder. Metellus showed the world that he received a warning from officials at the game for being a little too energetic during the game in which the Timberwolves beat the Thunder by a wide margin. Metellus is just one of many Vikings players and coaches who have been visible at the games during their playoff run. Other faces include Justin Jefferson, J.J. McCarthy, and Kevin O'Connell. Advertisement Many more are sure to pop up, but so far, Metellus can stake a claim to the most memorable visit to a Timberwolves game this year by a Vikings player. This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: Josh Metellus receives warning at Timberwolves playoff game
Indianapolis Star
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Colts 2025 NFL schedule release live updates: Leaks, time, opponents
Looking to return to the NFL playoffs after a four-year absence, the Indianapolis Colts learn their 2025 schedule tonight. The complete 18-week, 272-game regular-season schedule along with all preseason dates will be set. The Colts (8-9 in 2024) added defensive backs Charvarius Ward and Camryn Bynum, and quarterback Daniel Jones in free agency. They picked tight end Tyler Warren in the first round of the NFL Draft. Indianapolis lost offensive linemen Will Fries and Ryan Kelly, and edge rusher Dayo Odeyingbo in free agency. Here's what you should know about the NFL schedule release. IndyStar is bringing you all the latest news, schedule leaks and rumors and analysis as the NFL schedule is released Wednesday night. The NFL will release the 2025 schedule at 8 p.m. ET today. The schedule release is on NFL Network from 8-11 p.m. ET, and on ESPN from 8-10 p.m. Teams also create schedule release videos released on social media. Here are the Colts' home opponents: Here are the Colts' road opponents: Looking to buy Colts tickets for 2025? We've got you covered. Season tickets, group tickets and single-game tickets are available at Buy Indianapolis Colts tickets for 2025 Indianapolis will take on the Atlanta Falcons at 9:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 9 at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, the stadium that was initially built for the 1936 Olympics, a Games forever etched into history by legendary American sprinter Jesse Owens winning four gold medals.
Indianapolis Star
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
When is Indianapolis Colts schedule released? 2025 opponents, where to watch
The Indianapolis Colts will learn their 2025 schedule with Wednesday night's release from the NFL. The complete 18-week, 272-game regular season schedule along with all preseason dates will be set. The Colts added defensive backs Charvarius Ward and Camryn Bynum, and quarterback Daniel Jones in free agency. They picked tight end Tyler Warren in the first round of the NFL Draft. Indianapolis lost offensive linemen Will Fries and Ryan Kelly, and edge rusher Dayo Odeyingbo in free agency. Here's what we know about the 2025 NFL schedule release date. 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, May 14, 2025 The schedule release is on NFL Network from 8-11 p.m. ET, and on ESPN from 8-10 p.m. Teams also create schedule release videos released on social media. AFC South opponents, home and away: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans Home opponents: Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons. Away opponents: Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers. Looking to buy Colts tickets for 2025? We've got you covered. Season tickets, group tickets and single-game tickets are available at Buy Indianapolis Colts tickets for 2025 Last year, the NFL released specifics on the season opener and select individual games − including the "Monday Night Football" opener, first Amazon game and full NFL international schedule − in the two days prior to the full release date. Leaks such as the NFL Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas schedule began rolling in the hours before the league schedule release show. The Colts will host a game at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, in 2025.
USA Today
11-03-2025
- Business
- USA Today
What is the salary cap hit in 2025 for Colts S Camryn Bynum?
What is the salary cap hit in 2025 for Colts S Camryn Bynum? What will the salary cap hit be for new Indianapolis Colts' safety Camryn Bynum in 2025? The Indianapolis Colts have fortified the safety position by signing Camryn Bynum. With details of Bynum's contract now available, what will be his salary cap hit in 2025? The raw numbers are that Bynum is signing a four-year, $60 million deal to join the Colts. This includes a signing bonus of $18 million that will be pro-rated from a salary cap perspective over the four years of the contract. Also, $32 million will be guaranteed. The Colts have opted to backload this contract, with Bynum's cap hit starting off relatively low and then growing each season. He is due a base salary in 2025 of only $2 million and has a $510,000 per-game roster bonus. His base salary jumps to $10 million in 2026, to $13.47 million in 2027, and to $14.49 million in 2027. Bynum is owed that $510,000 per-game roster bonus each year as well. With help from Over the Cap, here is what Bynum's salary cap impact will be each season and in parenthesis is Bynum's percentage of the Colts' salary cap that he's taking up: 2025: $7.01 million (2.4%) 2026: $15.01 million (5.1%) 2027: $18.48 million (5.9%) 2028: $19.50 million (N/A) Given that we do not know how much salary cap space the Colts created by reworking Braden Smith's deal, we do not know where they stand cap-wise at the moment. Before all these moves, OTC had the Colts with roughly $40 million in cap space, which ranked 20th in the NFL.
