Overview
- After firing general manager Chris Ballard and losing 16-10 to the Vikings, national reports on Sunday named the Packers, Seahawks, Broncos and Vikings as teams that have inquired about acquiring Jonathan Taylor.
- League insiders say Indianapolis will monitor its remaining pre-deadline games before acting and that the club’s short-term front office led by Ed Dodds and owner Carlie Irsay‑Gordon is weighing sell-versus-compete options.
- Taylor signed a two-year, $44 million extension this offseason but his deal is structured so he can be traded, and a move would shift the final two seasons of salary to any acquiring club and create about a $10 million 2027 cap hit for the Colts.
- Sources report Irsay‑Gordon views Taylor as a likely building block in a rebuild so the Colts would demand premium draft pick compensation, while other veterans such as DeForest Buckner, Quenton Nelson and Grover Stewart are also identified as possible deadline chips.
- The trade talk was amplified when Taylor’s wife posted a social video about roster uncertainty and the running back publicly urged focus after the Vikings game, saying her comments did not change the situation.