Colts star entering the final year of his contract shares where things stand in ongoing negotiations for a new deal
Left tackle Bernhard Raimann has become one of the most stable pieces on the Indianapolis Colts' offensive line and their roster. He’s caught the attention of others around the NFL, and many believe 2025 will be his best season yet.Raimann has taken a step forward each season, and now he enters the final year of his […]
Left tackle Bernhard Raimann has become one of the most stable pieces on the Indianapolis Colts' offensive line and their roster. He’s caught the attention of others around the NFL, and many believe 2025 will be his best season yet.
Raimann has taken a step forward each season, and now he enters the final year of his contract, hoping to do the same thing. He recently appeared on local radio show “Query & Company”, and he shared some insights on where things stand on his potential contract extension with the team.
Colt LT Bernhard Raimann talks about the status of his contract negotiations
The LT market is lucrative, and if a team is unwilling to give a talented player a contract up to par with market value, it's become clear that other teams will line up to do it. Raimann is a player the Colts simply can’t afford to lose, especially after letting Will Fries and Ryan Kelly walk this offseason.
In his career, Raimann hasn't been named to an All-Pro or even a Pro Bowl yet, which should take him out of consideration to reset the market at the position. The current highest-paid LT in the NFL is Tristan Wirfs of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who makes a little more than $28 million per year. If I had to guess, Raimann will end up getting less than Jordan Maliata of the Philadelphia Eagles, who makes on average $22 million per year, but above Orlando Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals, who comes in at just over $16 million per year.
That range is pretty large, and if I’m right, and that's where Raimann’s market sits, I can imagine how negotiations could be pretty tough. To hear from Raimann that the “numbers don't quite add up yet” suggests the Colts are offering lower than what he and his representation believe he is worth. Thankfully, this negotiation hasn't led to Raimann sitting out of practice or making a big deal of the situation with the media. Even here, he was asked a question, and he simply answered it honestly, but still let it be known that his focus is on playing football and that he will leave the contract negotiations to his agent. I believe this will get done because, as I said earlier, I don't think the Colts can afford to let him walk out the door. If a deal isn't agreed to in time, I would go as far as to predict that the team would elect to use the franchise tag on Raimann (which would not be cheap for an LT) before they'd let him walk in free agency.
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