At 2-7, the Indianapolis Colts are a terrible football team that is not going to make the playoffs this season. Worse yet, they don’t have their first-round pick this year due to the awful Sauce Gardner trade from 2025, so even if they somehow get the No.
The Indianapolis Colts approached the trade deadline like a team ready to start over. They moved Quenton Nelson, DeForest Buckner, Keenan Allen and Josh Downs, collecting draft picks while dismantling a roster that has stumbled to 2-7.
With the Indianapolis Colts having traded away Josh Downs and Keenan Allen at the 2026 NFL trade deadline it puts them in a tough spot as far as their wide receiver room goes.
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Two weeks of trade talk are finally over in Indianapolis, and what’s left is a 2-7 Colts team with eight games to play. The front office shipped Josh Downs to Kansas City and Keenan Allen to San Francisco at the deadline, kept Jonathan Taylor and left Shane Steichen to figure out who catches passes for Daniel Jones the rest of the way.
Quarterback is the most important position for an NFL team. That wasn’t always the case, but it has been the case for, you know, 50 years at this point essentially.
Downs should give the Chiefs the depth they need. He had 354 receiving yards and one touchdown catch in nine games with the Colts (2-7).
The NFL trade deadline is officially in the rearview mirror, and the Indianapolis Colts were very busy, given that the franchise is at the beginning of a full rebuild.
The Colts apparently let another potential trade slip away before Tuesday’s deadline. Another team was willing to give up two Day 3 picks, including a fourth-rounder, for defensive tackle Grover Stewart, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
Tomlin's future continues to generate speculation.
The Denver Broncos had a real shot at Jonathan Taylor, and they let it go. Denver “gave it a run” at the Indianapolis Colts’ star running back this week but wasn’t comfortable with the return Indianapolis wanted, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Wednesday.
The Indianapolis Colts sent their two most productive wide receivers out of town on deadline day, and Shane Steichen had to explain Wednesday who’s catching passes now.
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The Indianapolis Colts’ assessment of interim GM Ed Dodds is unfortunately going to have to include a botched move at the NFL trade deadline. Indianapolis Colts interim general manager Ed Dodds has been a busy man.
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The Colts have gone five games in a row without injured defensive end Arden Key, but he could come off IR soon. The team is designating Key for return on Wednesday, per Joel A.
Indianapolis spent Tuesday’s deadline sending Josh Downs to Kansas City and Keenan Allen to San Francisco, turning two pieces of a 2-7 season into 2027 draft picks.
Hours before the trade deadline passed, a report confirmed that the Jaguars would be keeping Thomas.
The Indianapolis Colts just went through a complete fire sale which greatly impacted their offense. They traded Josh Downs to the Kansas City Chiefs and Keenan Allen to the San Francisco 49ers.
The Indianapolis Colts kept Jonathan Taylor through Tuesday’s trade deadline, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter doesn’t think the story is over. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing happened here with Jonathan Taylor,” Schefter said on his podcast, per Yardbarker.
Indianapolis woke up Wednesday with a different roster than the one that lost to Dallas. The Colts shipped Josh Downs to Kansas City and Keenan Allen to San Francisco at Tuesday’s deadline, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, kept Jonathan Taylor and now sit at 2-7 after a fifth straight loss, 27-23 to the Cowboys.
The 49ers just landed a receiver who knows how to keep drives alive.
While the Giants are 5-2-1, they are down to their third starting quarterback (J.J. McCarthy) of the season.
Two of the more surprising developments regarding Tuesday's NFL trade deadline involved the Indianapolis Colts holding onto both Jonathan Taylor and Daniel Jones.
The San Francisco 49ers addressed a positional need before Tuesday's trade deadline wrapped up, making another trade with the Indianapolis Colts by acquiring Allen for a 2027 sixth-round pick.
According to Jordan Schultz, the Colts were offered a fourth-round pick and another late-rounder as part of a trade for veteran DT Grover Stewart last week. However, the Colts elected to wait until the trade deadline this week hoping to smoke out the best offer.
The 2026 NFL trade deadline passed at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, wrapping up one of the most hectic days of the league year.
The deal reflects two franchises operating on different timelines: Kansas City chasing its fourth Super Bowl win since 2019-20 and Indianapolis accumulating draft picks for the future.
Taylor signed a two-year contract extension this past summer. He also never went public with a trade request amid the club's ongoing struggles.
Indianapolis fell to 2-7 on the season when the club suffered a 27-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
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