Jonathan Taylor and his situation with the Indianapolis Colts was the big story of last week around the NFL. Will he or won’t he be traded? The Miami Dolphins were one of the rumored teams to be interested, as phone calls and preliminary offers between the teams were talked about. Even though no trade was completed, Taylor is starting the season on the PUP list for the Colts, meaning he will miss the first four games. Legendary NFL Insider Peter King of NBC believes trade talks between Miami and Indianapolis shouldn’t be dead, and he has come up with a fair compromise that may work for both sides.
Many believe, myself included that the odds of Taylor getting traded before or around the October 31st trade deadline was far greater than him being traded last week prior to the season. The Colts are not going to give him away, and until real games are played and the season starts, teams who may be interested aren’t “desperate” enough to cough up the picks or players to land him. This time of year, every team thinks they are “good enough,” and until they see tangible, real results on the field in games, their eyes may be blinded by how they view their talent.
The trade proposal King offered up is reasonable and fair, and I think once all sides do cool off, that is a trade that could work for all parties involved. We will see.
Stop teasing us
Well, the Colts lost a ton of leverage in any trade by putting him on the PUP list literally wiping out 1/4 of the 2023 season for Taylor. If Indy were to get offered a 2nd round pick at this point would be a blessing for them. Who knows, if a team loses their top RB to an injury, they may be even more desperate and offer a 1st rounder, in which case, the Colts would be NUTS not to pull the trigger. A lot of it will depend on a trading team coming to a contract agreement with Taylor, which I don’t see being an issue at this point as Taylor would probably take less money just to get the hell out of Indianapolis and away from Irsay. I say there is a 85 percent chance of Taylor being traded before the October trade deadline. I don’t think Taylor ever wants to play another snap for the Colts and this will force their hand to move on from the whole thing. Especially if their RB’s are able to generate any type of success while Taylor is out. Trading Taylor would be the best thing for everyone involved at this point. Word has it that Taylor is furious that the Colts didn’t trade him and placed him on PUP.
Don’t give a crap about Taylor’s putty ass. He signed tge rookie contract. Niw gk do your job like all of us big people do everyday. On the opposite side of my opinion is I think the Colts should pay the man. We know he can still run and the Colts need him for helping Minshew or AR. Bickering has done none of the adults good in this game. Let’s all get ul and go to work.