Indianapolis is not shopping Jonathan Taylor despite his name circulating since Chris Ballard's firing — an NFL executive told The Athletic's Jonathan Jones, "Indy ownership loves him. They'd have to drop more games to move him." Taylor signed a two-year, $44 million extension on Aug. 6; trading him now would cost the Colts only a $10 million cap hit since neither 2027 nor 2028 is guaranteed. Cleveland is similarly holding firm on Jerry Jeudy — a trade is viewed as unlikely given his standing in the building and a high asking price — while the Chargers' Khalil Mack and the Titans' Tony Pollard remain names Adam Schefter is watching ahead of the Nov. 10, 4 p.m. ET deadline.
Fantasy take
With Taylor off the market for now, the backfield behind him — DJ Giddens and Ulysses Bentley IV — stays a change-of-pace role rather than a path to touches. Taylor logged 324 carries and 46 catches last season on an 80% snap share, so any shift in his situation was always going to be about trade value, not playing time, and that question is shelved for now. The new deal's structure means Indianapolis can revisit a trade later without the $44M number getting in the way, so this isn't a closed door, just not an active one. Jeudy, Mack, and Pollard are each in their own distinct situations — Jeudy's is about Cleveland not wanting to move him, Mack's and Pollard's are about contending teams still deciding whether to buy.
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