Jonathan Taylor Trade Buzz: Are Bengals the Best Fit?

But you're right. It seems like the trade buzz is what's going on. And Jonathan Taylor, obviously, being at the top end of that as the Indianapolis Colts have started to send guys out and start to send out feelers for Jonathan Taylor. I don't know where your thoughts are, Craig, but I keep looking at the Bengals as being the team that should go all in here. This is their window. Defense is good. Jonathan Taylor can help them. Chase Brown has not been helpful this year. He was a slow starter last year. I don't know when we stopped making excuses, but when you've got an improved defense, you've got a healthy Joe Burrow, Chase Higgins on the field. Why not go all in this year with Taylor? Where do you think he might land or does he stay put in Indianapolis? Yeah, I mean, we hit on this last week. That was exactly what I said. So yeah, I agree with you that Cincinnati is the best spot. I think that the Colts and the owner, Jim Irsay, are doing their due diligence as they should, and they absolutely should give this information to the reporters who cover the game, but I think it'd be a mistake to trade Jonathan Taylor if I were Indianapolis. I would not trade him. I would hold him till the end of the season. I would open up the window to 30 teams and not five. I don't think that any team is in a desperate spot right now for a running back. It's not like somebody's out for the year or there's something significant. Maybe the Packers situation, if that changes, that could open up a different door that we really don't know. And maybe that's the deal. Maybe we'll wait another week. But I've always said this time of the year for the trade deadline, especially in the NFL and the NBA, is more for us than it is for the league because it gives us fun things to talk about. But why in the world would the Colts? Take less or a second round pick or something where they can just wait until the offseason and then some team that decides they're all in, maybe Henry retires, who knows, makes a trade and trades exactly what you want. So I think it's a little desperate if the Colts do make this trade, but it is fun to talk about it. We'll see. But I agree with you. I think the Bengals are the best spot for him.