Josh Downs has a new jersey number with the Kansas City Chiefs, and wide receivers who wear it tend to have success with QB Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City Chiefs have a new wide receiver, and he has a new jersey number to go with his new team.
The unofficial second half of the 2026-27 NFL campaign is here, which coincides with the passing of the annual trade deadline. Several teams capitalized on opportunities to add to their respective rosters, with the Kansas City Chiefs being among the group of perceived winners.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts held on to running back Jonathan Taylor through Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. The Colts traded wide receivers Keenan Allen and Josh Downs before it passed.
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 Pittsburgh Steelers had another opportunity to address their wide receiver room before Tuesday’s trade deadline, but the front office ultimately stood pat.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the trade deadline with an opportunity to give their offense some help. There had been plenty of speculation about a potential addition at wide receiver, especially with the front office having extra time during the bye week to work the phones.
The Kansas City Chiefs made one of the biggest splashes of the NFL trade deadline, acquiring Indianapolis Colts WR Josh Downs to strengthen Patrick Mahomes’ receiving corps.
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The Kansas City Chiefs officially announced the trade for WR Josh Downs today, as well as waiving WR Nikko Remigio and DE Jack Pyburn. Downs, 25, was a two-year starter at North Carolina and earned first-team All-ACC honors in 2021 and 2022.
The Kansas City Chiefs were not shut out from making a deal ahead of the NFL Trade Deadline, as the team picked up former Indianapolis Colts WR Josh Downs in a last-minute trade.
The Kansas City Chiefs traded for wide receiver Josh Downs on Tuesday before the deadline in what could be a major boost for Patrick Mahomes heading into the remainder of the season.
With the Kansas City Chiefs’ roster struggling with multiple injuries at wide receiver, it was evident that it would only be a matter of time before the front office signed more talent to bolster the team’s WR depth.
The Kansas City Chiefs traded for Josh Downs at the buzzer before Tuesday’s trade deadline. The Indianapolis Colts gave up Downs and a 2027 seventh-round pick for a 2027 fourth-round and fifth-round pick.
Patrick Mahomes just got another weapon. Fantasy football managers should pay attention. The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired Josh Downs from the Indianapolis Colts.
Josh Downs certainly sounds very happy to be out of Indianapolis. The veteran wide receiver Downs got traded by the Colts ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
With just a few hours before the window slammed shut, several teams made additions to help them get one step closer to the Lombardi Trophy.
Wide receiver Josh Downs was granted his request for a trade, jumping from the Indianapolis Colts to the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday. The Chiefs traded fourth- and fifth-round picks in 2027 to acquire Downs, primarily a slot receiver in Indy, and pad a depth chart severely dented by injuries.
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.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially missed out on one of the more intriguing wide receiver options linked to general manager Omar Khan. Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs is reportedly being traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, giving Patrick Mahomes another weapon while Pittsburgh continues searching for help.
Minutes before the trade deadline, the Colts found their Josh Downs buyer. The Chiefs’ depleted wide receiver situation will lead to them sending two 2027 draft picks to the Colts for the contract-year receiver.
According to Tom Pelissero, the Chiefs and Colts are (as expected) finalizing a trade to send WR Josh Downs to Kansas City. The full terms, per Pelissero:
By acquiring Downs, a Chiefs team that improved to 6-2 this past Sunday filled a need and picked up a 25-year-old who recorded 33 receptions for 354 yards and a single touchdown over the Colts' first nine games of the season.
Here, we share four winners and five losers from the day's transactions, including the Vikings' move for a quarterback, a Colts weapon getting his trade wish and the league's worst team's curious deadline strategy.
In his pre-trade deadline notebook, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer wrote some teams told him this weekend they expected the Chiefs to trade for Colts
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