Jonathan Taylor responds to wife’s comments about trade to Super Bowl contenders

All signs point to the Indianapolis Colts blowing up the roster, which could all signal the end of Jonathan Taylor’s time playing for The Horseshoe. After their Week 6 defeat to the Tennessee Titans , Colts owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon pulled the plug on Chris Ballard’s time as general manager after almost a decade at the helm. But they suffered another defeat on Sunday, this time a 16-10 loss to the undefeated Minnesota Vikings as they blew a 10-6 lead in the fourth quarter. Colts quarterback Daniel Jones ‘ struggles continued as he completed just 13 passes for 108 yards and an interception. Taylor actually had more total yards in the game as he rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown from 18 carries, and tacked on an additional 15 in the air from two receptions for 110 yards total. But this is not what a team wants from their offense, and with Taylor an elite-caliber player on a losing team, and with a running back’s career lifespan relatively short compared to those playing in other positions, now could be the time for the 27-year-old to move on and find a home with a legitimate Super Bowl contender. View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/Colts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw For Taylor’s wife Ayanna, she appears to have leaned into the recent narrative that he is perhaps on the trade block amid the looming November 10 deadline. “It all began last season ,” Taylor’s wife said in a video to her social media, which has since been deleted . “The Colts were already in the hot seat last year, but then we went on this crazy hot streak with our new QB, and everything looked great until he got hurt. “ Then we started losing game after game. But because the potential was still there, the GM and the coach were able to keep their jobs for another year. “Fast-forward to today, our record is 2-4, and we just lost to a winless Titans team. They were 0-5, and now they’re 1-5. Hence, they fire Chris Ballard. Players that once seemed untouchable may now be on the table, hence the rumors circulating around my husband.” After the Colts’ defeat on the road in Minnesota, Taylor was asked about the rumors linking him with a move away from the team, where he alluded to his wife’s social media comments. “I think it’s been out there already, so I think her adding (to it) doesn’t really change anything,” Taylor told reporters postgame. Everybody’s on TikTok these days, so you just have to come into work and stay focused.” The Colts are a team that look to be going nowhere, but have a superstar on their hands who is a very attractive asset to almost every team in the NFL, and therefore could see an opportunity to get significant draft capital ahead of their trending rebuild. Although he hasn’t explicitly stated that he wants out, CBS Sports’ Damien Harris believes that Taylor should be doing everything he can to leave Indianapolis and join a contending team. “If I’m Jonathan Taylor , in particular, I want to be out of there, and it’s not because I don’t respect what the organization has done for me,” Harris said on Sunday. “They drafted him; they gave him a lofty extension. They’ve done right by Jonathan Taylor. But if I were him, I would also want to be done right in the sense that I’ve given so much to this organization. “’I’m such a great football player. Give me an opportunity to go contend,'” he continued. “You look at what Kenneth Walker is doing for the Kansas City Chiefs right now. That’s a clear example of a running back in a good situation, in a good offense with a good long-term quarterback.” Potential landing spots for Taylor One team who could really use some reinforcements at the running back position is the Seattle Seahawks , after they mistakenly let Kenneth Walker III walk away , and to the Chiefs, in free agency. If they were to acquire somebody like Taylor, they would instantly be addressing the one glaring hole in the roster that was a huge factor as to why they won Super Bowl LIX last season , with Walker having been named as the big game’s MVP . But he has also been linked to a potential move to the Big Apple and to a New York Giants side who are 4-2-1 on the season and lead the NFC East, amid reports that John Harbaugh and Co. don’t really see Cam Skattebo as an RB1 option, and would prefer to have him deputize behind somebody else. Although it is impossible to tell at the moment whether the Colts will actually trade their superstar away, what is for certain is that Taylor won’t come cheap to any team who wants him – which only makes the opportunity to trade him away more attractive for Indianapolis. Sign up for talkSPORT Stateside , the YouTube channel dedicated to passionate US Sports fans. Will Gavin, Brian T. Smith, former NFL star Efe Obada and a collection of special guests debate the biggest talking points across the NFL, soccer, NBA and more.