We don't know exactly what the Indianapolis Colts might accept in a potential trade involving star running back Jonathan Taylor, but we know what type of offer is not enough.
According to multiple reports, the New York Giants offered a 2nd- and 5th-round pick for Taylor ahead of the deadline, and the offer was turned down. The rumored asking price has been a Christian McCaffrey-like package (2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th), which none of the interested teams seems overly desperate to pay.
The Denver Broncos just got their 7th win of the 2026 season, putting them in the enviable spot of being 7-2 and enjoying a 5-game winning streak heading into the bye week.
With the clock ticking toward the November 10 trade deadline, will the Broncos make a blockbuster offer for Taylor and swoop in to get him off that sinking Colts ship?
Broncos will have to make an uncomfortably strong offer to acquire RB Jonathan Taylor
For whatever it's worth, Jonathan Taylor certainly sounded like a player who just played his last game for the Colts after their game against the Dallas Cowboys:
#Colts RB Jonathan Taylor gave a farewell to Indianapolis and Colts fans after today’s game, in case it was his last with the organization.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 8, 2026
Don’t see this often.
(🎥 @WISHNews8) pic.twitter.com/n4uf3C3W7f
Make of that video what you will, but the Broncos' pursuit of Taylor still makes a lot of sense after the team's win against the Panthers.
Even though Jonah Coleman has shown well at times this season, the Broncos were only able to average 3.0 yards per carry against the Panthers, one of the league's worst run defenses. The duo of Coleman and JK Dobbins combined for 3.57 yards per carry, but Dobbins was once again almost non-existent in the second half.
At this point, any idea that the Broncos are simply doing some sort of "load management" with Dobbins is questionable. The fact that they won't throw him out there to try and close out games is about as telling as it gets.
Dobbins has 18 touches over the last three weeks combined, and one of those 18 touches is his lone catch during that stretch of time. That catch came on Sunday against the Panthers, where Dobbins bobbled what likely would have been a touchdown or huge play, but he couldn't catch the ball cleanly and was tackled out of bounds short of the line to gain.
The team simply cannot continue to lean so heavily on Jonah Coleman, as impressive as he has been at times.
With RJ Harvey on injured reserve (along with Tyler badie), the idea of giving up valuable draft capital for Jonathan Taylor is more justified by the day.
The Broncos are on a bye in Week 10, so they'll have the opportunity to sit back and relax, but GM George Paton and head coach Sean Payton will be monitoring the deadline action closely. They absolutely need to be aggressive, but this team has never made a "buyer" type of move at the deadline as long as Paton has been the GM.
The Broncos have made some blockbusters before the deadline, but they have all been of the "selling" variety.
If ever there was a time to make a big deal and give up picks, it's now. The right player is available, and the Broncos' offense desperately needs the playmaking ability Taylor provides. Even though there are questions about the team's offensive line, Taylor is simply too dynamic to ignore the impact he could make on a Super Bowl-caliber team.
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