The Indianapolis Colts rejected an preliminary trade offer from the Miami Dolphins for disgruntled working again Jonathan Taylor, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.
The Dolphins proceed to “engage the Colts in negotiations” however may have competitors with at the least two different groups to accumulate Taylor’s providers. Jackson reviews the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears have additionally expressed curiosity within the Colts working again.
ESPN’s Stephen Holder beforehand reported that the Colts are searching for a first-round decide or a “package of picks worth similar value” in alternate for Taylor. Thus far, Jackson notes that no workforce is believed to have met Indianapolis’ steep asking worth.
The Colts granted Taylor permission to hunt a trade earlier this week however with one obtrusive asterisk. Indianapolis has positioned a Tuesday deadline on Taylor to discover a appropriate trade companion. Tuesday is a noteworthy day within the NFL, as all 32 groups are required to trim their roster to 53 gamers. Barring a trade, it additionally marks the day the Colts would want to resolve on Taylor’s standing heading into the common season.
The former first-team All-Pro is at the moment on the lively/bodily unable to carry out record. If the Colts do not activate him earlier than the Tuesday deadline, Taylor might be positioned on the reserve-PUP record and be ineligible to play the primary 4 weeks of the common season.
Taylor, 24, is coming off an injury-plagued 2022 marketing campaign however is only one season faraway from main the NFL with 1,811 dashing yards and 18 dashing touchdowns. A second-round decide in 2020, Taylor is getting into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract. According to Spotrac, the Wisconsin product is ready to earn $4.3M in 2023, making him the nineteenth highest-paid working again on the season, behind the likes of Broncos backup Samaje Perine ($4.5M) and rookies Bijan Robinson ($13.7M) and Jahmyr Gibbs ($10.7).
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