Adam Schefter ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ by Jonathan Taylor development post-deadline

Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesJonathan Taylor was not traded by the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday’s deadline despite seeing more of his teammates depart the organisation. Keenan Allen and Josh Downs both moved on from the Colts on Tuesday to join the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs, respectively. But Taylor is now set to see out the season in Indianapolis despite the strong interest in the running back.Although Taylor is going to have to play the remainder of the 2026 season with the Colts, Adam Schefter is not ruling out a potential exit for the running back during the offseason. With the Colts undergoing a huge rebuild over the coming years, Schefter believes an exit is still very much possible for Taylor.Adam Schefter provides Jonathan Taylor update on his Colts futureThe Colts were open to allowing Taylor to be traded, but it would seem as if no team arrived with a package that was acceptable to Carlie Irsay-Gordon. The Colts’ owner was keen to keep the running back in Indy, but the door was open for the right compensation.“Jonathan Taylor, I guess you could always trade him in the offseason, or the new GM could opt to hold on to him and have a building block. But a 27-year-old running back on a team that’s starting over, that doesn’t have a one, is in a tough spot. It’s a tough spot to be in for Jonathan Taylor,” Schefter said on his podcast.https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify%3Aepisode%3A6HXmrnz8G6b8Dx45w0OCa0“And it reminds me a little bit of the Miami Dolphins last year. Miami fires its GM in-season. Lots of talk about trading Jaylen Waddle before the deadline. He doesn’t get traded, and then Jaylen Waddle gets traded before the draft.“I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing happened here with Jonathan Taylor. He’s dealt away eventually. He’s not going to be happy there right now. But they traded away a lot of talent, got back some mid-to-late-round picks, and they held on to two players who I think they easily could have… It’s like, if you’re going to trade, let’s tear it down. Like, what are we doing? I don’t want to leave a part of the house. Tear the whole thing down.”A tricky period could lie ahead for the Colts as they are entering the 2027 draft without a single first round pick. Trades made before Tuesday’s deadline have secured the organisation an extra third-round pick, two extra picks in the fourth round and one in the fifth and sixth rounds.The 2027 NFL Draft is expected to hold a lot more quality than this year’s, but the Colts are going to miss out on some of the absolute best talent due to not holding a pick in the first-round. Clearly, no team wanted to part with their first-round pick for Taylor and that is something the Colts have had to live with.Read more:49ers face Mike Evans injury setback as Super Bowl hopes hinge on his returnNick Wright tears into Vikings’ Kirk Cousins trade with brutal Kevin O’Connell verdictTravis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s neighbours share bizarre reason in $5m home renovation battle