Colts’ Julian Blackmon Signals Dissatisfaction After Re-Signing

Julian Blackmon recently re-signed with the Indianapolis Colts on a one-year deal, but the young safety does not seem too thrilled about it.

Earlier this week, Blackmon spoke about his new contract with the Colts and told reporters that he feels he is worth more than that.

“It’s a one-year deal, and for me, I feel like my value is worth more than one year, but unfortunately, we all saw how the market went,” Blackmon said, via Kevin Patra of NFL.com. “So it was what I was dealt. I’m happy with how it ended up.”

Blackmon’s deal can pay him up to $7.7 million.

It seems to be the new normal for safeties, whose importance has certainly diminished in recent years. We saw several notable safeties get cut before free agency, and many of them are still available.

“I think it was something similar to how it was for the running backs a year ago,” Blackmon said. “It just kind of shows you that you’ve got to be prepared for anything. It’s one of those things where you can never truly say that you’ve got it. Especially when there’s so much talent in the NFL. For me, it’s just one of those things where I just tried to take it for what it was. It was a unique situation, especially going into my first free agency.”

Blackmon is coming off of a 2023 campaign in which he played 15 games and registered 88 tackles, four interceptions, a couple of fumble recoveries and eight passes defended.

The 25-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Utah, was selected by the Colts in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

He has been a solid contributor for Indianapolis ever since and added that he wants to finish his career in Indy if that ends up being a possibility.

We’ll see if Julian Blackmon can play himself into a bigger contract next season.