Multiple reports around the NFL have indicated the Colts were one of the teams in position perhaps the leading candidate, even to land veteran impact edge rusher Trey Hendrickson entering Tuesday evening. Since the start of the offseason, Indianapolis has been strongly linked to the four-time Pro Bowler and 2024 first-team All-Pro defensive end who the Colts also reportedly showed strong interest in before the start of the 2025 season when the 31-year-old was in the midst of a contract dispute with the Bengals.Though hes coming off an injury-plagued 2025 campaign where he played just seven games and logged just four sacks, Hendrickson has been a wrecking ball in the backfield since joining Cincinnati, totaling four seasons with at least 13.5 sacks from 2020-24, including back-to-back years in 2023 and 2024 with 17.5 sacks each the latter leading the league.Colts general manager Chris Ballard told reporters last month at the NFL Combine he believed Indianapolis would be in the running for the top class of edge rushers to fill a gaping, under-performing void on the teams front-seven. Hendrickson was the top target on the market, but after a freak sequence of events over night, the ex-Bengal is no longer on the board snatched up by the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday morning on a four-year deal worth up to $120 million after the franchise backed out of its trade with the Raiders for five-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby.Ballard pledged at the start of the offseason that the Colts would push hard to get younger and faster in the front-seven, with the teams linebacker and edge rusher corps the most obvious positions of need. Indianapolis has already agreed to trade veteran linebacker Zaire Franklin to Green Bay, and its other veteran starting linebacker, Germaine Pratt, is a free agent. Three of the Colts five either starters or most-leaned-upon rotational edge rushers from 2025 are presently free agents, with starter and former first-round pick Kwity Paye agreeing this week to join the Raiders on a three-year, $48 million deal.Samson Ebukam and Tyquan Lewis remain on the market. The Colts on Monday agreed to terms with veteran edge rusher Arden Key, but the ex-Titan profiles much more as a rotational piece to take the place of Ebukam or Lewis. So where now do the Colts turn?Of The Athletics top-10 available edge rushers on this years free agency market, Hendrickson, Jaelan Phillips (Panthers), Odafe Oweh (Commanders), Khalil Mack (Chargers), Boye Mafe (Bengals) and KLavon Chaisson (Commanders) have all landed new deals elsewhere. Joey Bosa (31), Jadeveon Clowney (33) and Cameron Jordan (37) all seem to have played their best football and would, at best, slot in better for a team that needs a rotational player alongside an already well-established edge rusher on the opposite end.Just entering his third season with 12.5 career sacks and through just one season as a consistent starter, 2024 first-round pick Laiatu Latu is not yet that type of player.Though he didnt make The Athletics top-10 list of available edge rushers or even top-150 players available, soon-to-be ex-Dolphin Bradley Chubb may be the last player on the market who would profile as a best fit for the Colts need.NFL Network ranked Chubb its 52nd-best free agent available this offseason and presently has him as the third-best edge rusher still on the market, behind Bosa and 27-year-old Falcons free agent Arnold Ebiketie, who has logged 16.5 sacks in four seasons and has only made 12 starts in 67 games.Chubb has had an up-and-down eight-year NFL career, starting with 12 sacks in Denver as a rookie and three more seasons 2022 (8), 2023 (11) and 2025 (8.5) where he logged at least eight. Hes also missed significant chunks of three seasons, including all of 2024 with a torn ACL in Miami. Multiple reports last month stated the Dolphins planned to release Chubb at the start of the league year, but that move has not formally taken place at the time of writing.Another avenue the Colts could use to fill their edge rush need could come by way of a trade for Vikings Pro Bowler Jonathan Greenard, who ESPNs Adam Schefter reported last week Minnesota could be looking to move off of. The 28-year-old logged 12.5 sacks with Houston in 2023 and 12 with the Vikings in 2024 when he was named to the Pro Bowl but only managed three sacks in 12 games in 2025 as he managed a left shoulder injury that kept him out of five games and eventually led to season-ending surgery.The Vikings have been among the teams reportedly with interest in Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson, who the team has begun exploring trading, according to league sources.Joel A. EricksonandNathan Browncover the Coltsall season. Get more coverage onIndyStarTVand with theColts Insider newsletter.This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Trey Hendrickson signed with Ravens, where do Colts pivot for edge rush need?