The Seattle Seahawks have already made one major swing before the 2026 NFL trade deadline, and the idea now is whether they should go back to the Colts for another one.
After landing guard Quenton Nelson ahead of their Week 8 matchup with the Chicago Bears, Seattle still came away with a loss and an offense that didn’t look nearly sharp enough. The line got help, but the ground game still didn’t give the Seahawks much to work with. That’s why Cody Williams of FanSided thinks the next move should be even bigger: Jonathan Taylor.
“John Schneider and the Seahawks already got one blockbuster done with the Colts in the Quenton Nelson trade, so let’s make it a perfect pair. Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price returned in Week 8, but the Seattle rushing attack still came up lacking,” Williams wrote.
“Maybe that improves as those guys get back into the flow, but Jonathan Taylor is an upgrade no matter how you slice it. Sam Darnold and this offense desperately need to get the ground game back in a more respectable spot and Taylor might be the missing piece to accomplish that.”
Indianapolis has already started tearing things down, moving Nelson and DeForest Buckner. Wide receiver Josh Downs could also be on the move after requesting a trade. Taylor hasn’t asked out, but his name is still floating around the rumor mill, and Seattle has been presented as a fit.
The numbers still pop. Taylor goes into Week 9 with 610 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, plus 202 receiving yards on 21 catches. Even so, those totals are well below what he did a year ago, when he piled up 1,585 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns.
If Seattle did make the move, Taylor would be running behind Nelson again, a pairing that has produced plenty of production over the course of his career. And in a Seahawks offense that has struggled to find its rhythm on the ground, that kind of reunion is exactly why the idea has traction.
The catch is the money. Seattle passed on paying Kenneth Walker after its Super Bowl win, and Taylor comes with a much bigger price tag. He signed a two-year, $44 million extension before the season and is under contract through 2028, with a cap hit of more than $21 million over the next two seasons.
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