LOVE YOU DBUCK GO WIN A RING😭

That right there tells me why Nelson & Buckner were the first to be traded. We all knew Buck wanted out but that short interview with Nelson a week back sure sounded like a guy that “ONE UPON A TIME” liked being here.

idk about yall but I feel like we’re down so bad rn. downs just requested a trade he’s probably going to my least favorite team the Steelers, jt probably, should’ve stayed in Minnesota, grover is most likely going to chicago. Big Q got traded then buck. this just hurts so much. we donr have anything to build around except tyler warren

Understand everyone is upset right now, but there should be some hope at least for the future. Despite what most people expected this was always a final gamble of last ownership strategy. Given QBs available in this draft and free agency paired the fact that there was some chance that we could repeat our start from last year, it was reasonable to run it back to give Carli another year to design an organization.

Obviously it didn’t work and now we are all in on full organization rebuild after the bad leadership over past 14 years. So now we have a chance to build a better foundation and hiring effective leadership. I’m hopefully Carli gets it right.

We are not without talent. We have a good cap situation. The rams have functioned for a decade without first round picks and been successful because of good ownership, president and coach. Get this right and we can go back to being a quality franchise.

Make no mistake though, this is a tear down to the foundation. We must get GM and Coach right.

Jonathan Taylor, RB

Unlike Nelson and Buckner, Taylor is not on an expiring deal. The star running back just signed a two-year, $44 million extension in August that keeps him under contract through 2028.

Being more than a half-year rental should make Taylor the Colts’ hottest commodity at the trade deadline, especially since the 27-year-old is still playing at a Pro Bowl level. Since entering the NFL in 2020, only Derrick Henry has more rushing yards than Taylor, and he’s on pace to rush for another 1,400-plus yards and 19 touchdowns this season.

Josh Downs, WR

Downs, 25, is in the final year of his four-year rookie deal. The 2023 third-round pick might seek a more stable quarterback situation and better offensive infrastructure if the Colts keep him past the trade deadline, which would allow him to become a free agent next summer.

Downs has shown flashes of being a game-changer in the slot, but his skill set is limited due to his size, at 5 feet 9, 171 pounds. He claimed he could play more outside this season.

However, without deep threat Alec Pierce, who is sidelined indefinitely with a left heel injury, it’s been harder for Downs to get open. He has recorded just 26 catches for 307 yards and zero touchdowns through seven games, but he’s still averaging a career-high 11.8 yards per reception.

Grover Stewart, NT

Stewart isn’t the club bouncer he used to be along the interior defensive line, but he’s still one of the better run stoppers in the NFL.

The 33-year-old is in the last year of a three-year, $39 million contract extension he signed in March 2024. Stewart has been remarkably durable, missing only eight games in 10 seasons. Six of those were because he served a six-game suspension in 2023 for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, which he said was an accident.

Stewart has never had any other trouble on or off the field since the Colts drafted him in the fourth round in 2017.

It getting uneasy in the Taylor home.

I want a first-round pick for JT as much as everyone else, but if he’s traded, I cant imagine we get more than a the McCaffrey package.

Caff did have some injury concerns at the time but team control years and percent of the salary cap obligations are pretty comparable.

Should the Colts draft a QB in the second round? (Dante Moore, Darian Mensah, or CJ Carr)

The pain. We’ve endured too much pain. We will suffer more, because of this guy’s ego.

Blue has been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange a bucket of Bud Light during the 1st round round of the draft.

Wayne and Hilton may be the obvious compelling choices, but did Avery have a big year in Indy?