2016 Indianapolis Colts season

The 2016 Indianapolis Colts season will be the franchise's 3rd season in the National Football League. 
==Transactions==
===Arrivals===
* The Colts signed P Jermaine Farmer to a 1 year, 750K Deal on 1/7.
* The Colts signed FB Victor Brunson to a 1 year, 750K Deal on 1/7.
* The Colts signed DE Josh Swift to a y year, 1 Million Deal on 1/7.
* The Colts signed ILB Tyrone Pena to a 1 year, 750K Deal on 1/8.
===Departures===
* Jon Monk was selected in the 2016 NFLHC Expansion Draft.
===Trades===
* The Colts traded their 2017 NFLHC Draft 4th and 7th Round Picks to the Detroit Lions for their 2016 NFLHC Draft #66 Pick (Rashad Simon was selected with the pick).
* The Colts traded their 2017 NFLHC Draft 5th and 6th Round Picks to the [[Minnesota Vikings for their 2016 NFLHC Draft #124 Pick (Tim Kassell was selected with the pick).
* The Colts traded their 2016 NFLHC Draft #31 and #110 Picks to the Green Bay Packers for their 2016 NFLHC Draft #21 and # 189 Picks (Jimmie Shelton and Kevin Barker were selected with these picks).
* The Colts traded their 2016 NFLHC Draft #8 and #86 Picks to the San Francisco 49ers for their 2016 NFLHC Draft #2 Pick (Mosi Bartos was selected with the pick).
* The Colts traded their 2016 NFLHC Draft #139 Pick to the Carolina Panthers for OT John Marchetti.
===Free Agents===
Position	Player 	Free Agency tag	2016 team 	Notes
QB 	Greg Bierria 	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 4 year, $24 million deal
DT 	Keith Hooks 	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 4 year, $27 million deal
RB 	Tony Peaks 	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 4 year, $38 million deal
TE 	Jason lee 	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 3 year, $11 million deal: Picked in Expansion Draft
OLB 	Keyuo Clark 	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 1 year, $2.5 million deal
FB 	Jose McCoy 	UFA 	Free Agent 	Not Offered
OG 	De'Mond Seaverns	UFA 	San Francisco 49ers 	Not Offered
C 	Shawn Fernandez 	UFA 	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Not Offered
DE 	Bobby Johnson 	UFA 	San Francisco 49ers 	Not Offered
DE 	Billy Banks 	UFA 	Free Agent 	Not Offered
OLB 	Robert Strange 	UFA 	Free Agent 	Not Offered
OLB 	David Peters 	UFA 	San Francisco 49ers 	Not Offered
CB 	Steven Holland 	UFA 	Atlanta Falcons 	Not Offered
K 	Paul McGowan 	UFA 	San Francisco 49ers 	Not Offered
				
==Draft==
 2016 Indianapolis Colts Draft
RD	Selection	Player 	Position	College 	Notes
1 	2 	Mosi Bartos 	WR 	Boston College 	
1 	8 	 	 	 	
1 	21 	Jimmie Shelton 	OG 	Cincinnati 	
2 	31 	 	 	 	
3 	58 	 	 	 	
3 	66 	Rashad Simon 	WR 	Boise State 	
3 	86 	 	 	 	
5 	110 	 	 	 	
5 	124 	Tim Kassell 	CB 	UCLA 	
6 	139 	 	 	 	
6 	 	Raymond Collins	G 	Minnesota 	
7 	180 	 	 	 	
7 	189 	Kevin Barker 	OT 	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	
	Compensatory Selection
==2017 Season==
===Regular Season Schedule===
Week	Opponent 	Location 	Result	Record
1 	at Cleveland Browns 	Cleveland, OH 	35-32 	1-0
2 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
3 	at Baltimore Ravens 	Baltimore, MD 	42-21 	2-0
4 	at Jacksonville Jaguars	Jacksonville, FL	24-14 	3-0
5 	Denver Broncos 	Indianapolis, IN	14-3 	4-0
6 	Cincinnati Bengals 	Indianapolis, IN	14-3 	5-0
7 	New York Giants 	Indianapolis, IN	23-17 	6-0
8 	at Detroit Lions 	Detroit, MI 	10-13 	6-1
9 	at Cincinnati Bengals 	Cincinatti, OH 	21-19 	7-1
10 	Baltimore Ravens 	Indianapolis, IN	21-17 	8-1
11 	Cleveland Browns 	Indianapolis, IN	17-23 	8-2
12 	at Minnesota Vikings 	Minneapolis, MN 	13-6 	9-2
13 	Green Bay Packers 	Indianapolis, IN	28-16 	10-2
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
===Play-Off Schedule===
Week 	Opponent 	Location 	Result
Divisional 	Oakland Raiders	Indianapolis, IN	24-21
AFC Championship	Miami Dolphins 	Indianapolis, IN	22-19
Super Bowl 	Atlanta Falcons	Green Bay, WI 	16-23
===Season Result===
The Colts finished with the best record in the NFL. They won the AFC Central in its final year of existence. They beat the Raiders and Dolphins in the Divisional Round and AFC Championship before losing to the Falcons in the Super Bowl. 
====Division====
==Final Roster==