Colts Fire Sale Begins, Is Jonathan Taylor Next? | NFL Daily

DeForest Buckner heading back to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2027 fourth round pick. Colleen, sometimes the fake trades, the connections that everyone makes before they happen actually happen. The second they fired... Chris Ballard in Indianapolis, people were like, huh, I wonder if DeForest Buckner would ever go back to San Francisco because he kind of sounded like he wanted to get out and they could sure use him. And now they have him. I love a reunion so much. I feel like he belongs with the Niners for some reason. I even when he went to the Colts in all of these years, he's been with the Colts longer than he was ever with the Niners. Really? The Niners for four years, I believe. Thank Yeah, four years with the Niners, seven years with Indy. But I've always pictured him, for whatever reason, still as a Niner. And I liked him in that defense. And now, look at the NFC West with Quentin Nelson going to the Seahawks you. and DeForest now going back with the Niners. That's fun. DeForest, that's fun because they literally will match up, not just... The team's matching up, but they will be opposite each other. You probably think of him on some level because he was so key to that team that made the Super Bowl, the first one with Jimmy G in San Francisco. He actually had his only first team All-Pro the following season with the Colts. And my big takeaway with where he's at now, if you don't have a chance to watch the Colts every week, is... He's still playing great, and last year he had that neck injury that got him thinking about retirement and maybe was playing through it, not at the highest, as high a level as he had shown before. He looks really good this season, and I just wondered, the Colts wouldn't do better than these picks if they waited a week or two? I don't know. What do I know? These aren't a fourth-round pick. You have notes for Dodds. I'm just saying, if you got closer to the deadline, generally, don't you do better? So now what happens with Jonathan Taylor? You think he, I think he will be going elsewhere. Like within the next few days, maybe minutes while we're doing this show. That is, that is a good question. And I was trying to think about where he could go while we're here. This is just a free flowing conversation that occasionally touches on mortality. Oh no. What? What now? I could see the Packers being interested. Now they have Josh Jacobs, but Josh Jacobs has a potential looming domestic violence suspension. Also, do you want to be in the Josh Jacobs business long-term? I'd rather be in the Jonathan Taylor business long-term if I was choosing both, could have both. I did Nate Tice's podcast, and he suggested the Vikings. I was going to say, how about stay in that same division and go there? He also suggested Tony Pollard, actually, for the Vikings. But them just picking up a running back, it's a similar idea of they could use some juice and they're trying to win that first Super Bowl. Ooh, I like it. Broncos? Broncos? That's a good one. Broncos could be one. Yeah, I like that. They have Jonah Coleman coming back, but does that prevent you from going to get Jonathan Taylor? I don't think so. My bigger thing is this arms race in the NFC West. The 49ers have a satisfying narrative arc right now. Win or lose. We've talked about it a little bit on the show now as like one of the favorites because to get Kyle Shanahan finally over the hump, to get to his third Super Bowl, you know, they really feel like they are right in the mix. I wasn't totally sure if they were going to get back so quickly. Like it felt like last season was almost a soft refresh and yet they were really good last season. And here they are right at the top of the league, like trading for a great player that familiarly brought Debo back. He brought Buckner back. And from like... Just a petty standpoint, it would be something for the Niners to go to a Super Bowl in the Rams building after the Niners just suffered through having the Seahawks win in their building. Also, it would be ironic while the Rams tried to become this super team. They come in third out of that group, but I'm not counting them out. George Kittle sent out a fun social of the trio back in the day at the Pro Bowl. DeForest Buckner, Kyle Juszczyk. And George Kittle, now all teammates again. Very cool. And great job by the Colts giving us some good content on this show while taping. That's their goal at this point.