The Colts are leaning into a sell-off, and that could put Jonathan Taylor in the middle of the league’s next major conversation.
After Indianapolis dealt away DT DeForest Buckner and G Quenton Nelson, the buzz around Taylor has only grown. Jonathan Jones reported that people around the league believe the running back would fetch a second-round pick plus extra compensation if the Colts decided to move him.
There was also a notable bit of lineup news from the Colts side. Steichen confirmed Jalen Farmer will line up at left guard, per Joel Erickson.
When asked whether Nelson or Buckner asked out, Steichen didn’t get into it. “I’ll keep all of that private,” per Erickson.
In Jacksonville, Liam Coen made it clear that Anton Harrison’s play will be missed, but he was just as clear that the Jaguars didn’t blink when Walker Little was asked to step in.
Harrison “was playing great football and will be sorely missed,” Coen said, but he added that Little handled the job well and remains a key part of the group’s depth.
“ (I) was extremely proud of Walker Little and the way that he played on Sunday against Houston,” Coen said, via Jags Wire. “ Stepped up in both the run and the pass.
Did some really good things for us and no flinch, no blink, next man up mentality. So excited about him and his opportunity.
There’s not many guys that care more than Walker in a lot of ways about this team and about this group of guys. Still feel like we have good depth at the group and the offensive line in general.
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Houston, meanwhile, is entering the bye at 2-5 after the loss to the Giants in Week 7, and GM Nick Caserio said the Texans aren’t shutting the door on personnel changes.
He said the team will “take inventory” during the Week 8 bye, and he made it clear there won’t be any snap reaction to one bad result.
“We’ll see. We’ll look at it.
If we feel it’s appropriate, great. Then what’s the alternative?
We’ll look at everything. We’re not going to make any knee-jerk decisions on the heels of what happened,” Caserio said, via TexansWire.
“We’ll go through the week. We’ll take inventory.
DeMeco [Ryans] will take time with the coaching staff, talk through different things, whether it’s schematically or personnel-wise. We’ll try to figure out what’s the best formula moving forward.”
Caserio also pointed to injuries as a factor that could keep changing the picture.
“It’s probably going to change week to week as injuries are going to be a part of it, who is available, who is not available, who is coming back, some of those types of things,” Caserio said. “We’ll take the information in the present time and try to make a decision that we feel makes the most sense for that particular week.”
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