#22. Indianapolis Colts: Dwayne Allen
PFF grade (position rank): -14.3 (72nd)
2015 salary cap hit: $1.7 million
Allen is another skill player who lagged on the dirty work in 2015, with Pro Football Focus ranking him as the second-worst tight end in run blocking. He also allowed two sacks for the first time in his career. This was a sneakily shocking development, since PFF graded Allen as the NFL’s best run-blocking tight end during his rookie year in 2012, and he’d been steady since then.
The former Clemson Tiger also saw his receiving numbers plummet, from a gaudy 2014 line of 395 yards and eight touchdowns to just 109 yards and a single score in 2015. That decline was surely tied to Andrew Luck‘s injury woes this season, and it came at the worst time possible for Allen. His rookie contract with the Colts expires this offseason, and it’s unlikely both he and fellow pending free agent Coby Fleener will return to Indianapolis.