OCTOBER 1: The Colts plan to open Taylor’s 21-day practice window on Wednesday, October 4, per Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL.com. Rapoport and Pelissero confirm Breer’s report that there have been no trade talks between Indianapolis and other clubs in recent days, though one source tells them that “multiple teams” remain interested in acquiring Taylor and authorizing a top-of-the-market contract for him. Likewise, Ballard is still open to moving his Pro Bowl back if he gets the right offer. Per Dianna Russini of The Athletic (subscription required), Ballard is seeking an early second-round pick (or, presumably, an equivalent package).
As suggested below, the Colts’ current list of potential trade partners does not include the Dolphins, who have not spoken to Indy since the season began, or the Packers, who remain out of the mix. For now, the Colts are simply focused on getting Taylor — who has been rehabbing at the team facility in recent weeks — back on the field.
SEPTEMBER 30: With their Week 4 contest just around the corner, the Colts will soon need to decide how to proceed with Jonathan Taylor. The team’s lead running back will be eligible to be activated from the PUP list next week, and it appears likely he will be able to suit up in Indianapolis or elsewhere in the near future. 
Taylor has been nursing an ankle injury since training camp, and his placement on the reserve/PUP list during roster cutdowns bought the Colts an extra month to work out a potential trade. A deal sending him out of Indianapolis remains the 24-year-old’s goal, but the situation does not seem headed in that direction for the time being.
The Colts haven’t received trade calls in recent days, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer notes. That comes as little surprise, given the lack of teams known to still be interested in Taylor at this point. The Dolphins and Packers have been heavily linked to him in recent months, but Miami’s strong (and cost-effective) RB room and Green Bay’s decision to drop out of the running in any potential deal have dropped the number of logical destinations. Breer adds that interest will likely pick up if/when Taylor plays for the Colts as early as Week 5, if he is activated by that point.
Breer also predicts Colts general manager Chris Ballard would be more than willing to listen to trade offers, despite the latter’s public optimism the team’s relationship with Taylor can be repaired. Indianapolis was originally seeking a first-round pick in a deal for the former second-rounder, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract. That stance is believed to have since shifted, though, and a lower asking price could open up at least a rental market for the remainder of the 2023 campaign.
Taylor appears to be fully healed (as many have speculated he has been since before the regular season kicked off), per ESPN’s Stephen Holder. The 2021 rushing champion has suggested as much in recent social media posts, though Holder notes Taylor has immediately departed the team’s facility after his morning workout routines, and that he has been absent from each of the Colts’ games this season. That would make a return to action in Indianapolis a tense development in this saga, though it is the expected outcome at this point.
Taylor’s contract would toll to 2024 if he were to go without being activated by Week 6 and stay on the PUP list through the rest of the campaign. If he were to play for the Colts this season, the franchise tag would become a serious consideration on the team’s part. For the time being, though, all eyes will be on the Colts’ plans with respect to activating Taylor with the October 31 trade deadline looming.
After Thursday you would think Green Bay wouldve at least checked back in.
Running back isn’t the problem in GB. Offensive line is the problem at this time, along with a bad run d.
Also, unless he wasn’t really healthy enough to play (which brings up the question of why he even suited up..), Jones had 2 touches in the first half. He’s the guy who should be getting the ball most of the time, not AJ smash-straight-ahead-into-the-pile Dillon.
The line is awful right now. After hearing for most of camp that Myers was in danger of losing his job, all the sudden he supposedly was having a great camp 2 days before the last preseason game. Apparently, it didn’t carry over. He and Runyan are turnstiles.
I also wonder what happened with Nijman. He was on track to eventually replace Bak. Then it was RT. Now it seems he’s 3rd string for both spots..and there was talk of him being 1 of the final cuts.
Agreed RB is not the most immediate need in GB but I would think a younger (than A Jones) and more-elusive (than Dillon) RB could “help” the O-Line somewhat and would be worth pursuing in that regard. Both Jones and Dillon could be dropped then in a kind of getting two-in-one deal by getting Taylor. Besides, going younger is the way the Packers seem to be headed so why not Taylor?
Trading assets at this time to get younger for a year of Taylor seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back given the o-line cannot stop any pass rush and the d-line is guaranteed to give up at least 3 yards a run.
It would be fun for like 10 minutes, then you’d realize LaFleur wouldn’t use him anyway, and the offense would quickly be 17 points down and they’d be forced into even more passing.
What should u do when you have a rookie qb and a struggling o-line? Give him plays with a TE or running back safety valve that does the chip block and kinda squats under the coverage quick. Get the ball out quick, take what the defense gives you.
Frustrating to watch them struggle, but they’re young and deserve a little time to learn how to play together.
I’m a fan of Chris Ballard but I’m convinced he is a lame duck GM and will be thrown under the bus at seasons end. I also don’t see the relationship with Taylor being repaired. Moss is doing a decent job in Taylor’s absence so Irsay will eventually trade him. Chubb is gone, Barkley is injured again and Henry might be running out of gas in Tennessee so a market is going to develop as the season progresses.
Chris might have the title GM; but all the old QB’s lasting 1 year, & JT saga seem like they were/are the owner’s doing, not Chris.
It’s never going to end well for a GM who has a meddling owner as a boss. John Robinson got thrown under the bus by Amy Adams and the Titans playoff hopes immediately circled the drain.