There doesn’t look like a peaceable answer in sight for the Indianapolis Colts and operating again Jonathan Taylor.
As basic supervisor Chris Ballard spoke Wednesday about Taylor’s standing and him nonetheless being on the workforce’s roster after Indy’s team-imposed deadline to commerce him by Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, the seventh-year GM tried to make a case for repairing the workforce’s relationship with the star operating again.
“The operating again market is what it’s, however nice gamers are who they’re and we all the time pay our nice gamers,” Ballard told reporters.
Moments later, Ballard was requested if that’s true, then why haven’t the Colts haven’t paid Taylor but?
“We gained 4 video games final 12 months,” he answered. “We gained 4 video games.”
Whereas Ballard’s second assertion is factually appropriate, it actually has nothing to do with Taylor’s contract scenario. The Colts have roughly $19.38 million in cap house, and so they’re projected to have greater than $79 million in cap house in 2024, per Over the Cap, so the workforce isn’t precisely tight on funds.
A number of reviews indicated the Miami Dolphins and Inexperienced Bay Packers made affords to the Colts to accumulate Taylor earlier than Tuesday’s deadline, and each affords had been rebuffed. The Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson reported that the Colts despatched the Dolphins some outrageous counteroffers, together with asking for former sixth total choose Jaylen Waddle.
