The Indianapolis Colts fired longtime general manager Chris Ballard last week. On Tuesday, after their latest loss dropped them to 2-5, they dealt eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks.
So who could Indianapolis trade with next?
It could be veteran defensive lineman DeForest Buckner, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who also reported on “The Pat McAfee Show” that, at this time, the Colts do not plan to ship away star running back Jonathan Taylor.
“They don’t want to trade Jonathan Taylor, which doesn’t mean they won’t trade him, but I don’t think they want to. And today I would say they don’t,” Schefter said. “But there are other players that I think will end up moving here. And I think the players you’re looking at would be DeForest Buckner, Josh Downs, Grover Stewart on the defensive line, they’ll get calls on him.”
Schefter continued: “Now, again, what happens and who ends up getting traded? I would say this, the name we’d watch next would be DeForest Buckner because he’s also in a very similar situation to Quenton Nelson. On an expiring contract, he’s a veteran. And here’s the thing you have to keep in mind on DeForest Buckner. As a 10-year veteran…the most the Colts could get back, the most high The compensatory draft pick the Colts would get back if he signed elsewhere after the season would be a fifth-round pick. That, to me, frames the compensation the Colts will end up getting back for DeForest Buckner. This won’t be as good, I don’t think, as Quenton Nelson, who is a bit younger and would have opted for more compensatory draft pick money if he had left.
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