The Giants are clearly in the Jonathan Taylor market, and the real question now is how far they’re willing to push to land him before the trade deadline.
Fox Sports’ Ralph Vacchiano reported that New York has strong interest in the Colts running back, while also noting the bigger obstacle: Indianapolis appears to be driving a hard bargain. One executive told Vacchiano, “No one is sure if Indy is serious about trading him. What they want is an extraordinarily high price.”
That lines up with what NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported earlier today, saying no team has yet met the Colts’ asking price. The figure being discussed is believed to be similar to what Christian McCaffrey fetched in 2022 - a second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-round pick.
Vacchiano also said one source told him the Colts may even be asking for a first-round pick in return for Taylor. The Giants, meanwhile, do not have a fourth- or fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft, but Vacchiano felt it was clear Harbaugh would be willing to move a first-round pick to get the deal done.
Vacchiano brought up Giants HC John Harbaugh’s quote a few weeks ago, where he said, “I would love for us to be in that kind of a circumstance - a Derrick Henry circumstance or a Saquon Barkley circumstance.”
Taylor is 27 and was a second-round pick by the Colts in 2020 out of Wisconsin. He was on the final year of his four-year, $7,829,150 rookie contract, which included a $3,253,928 signing bonus, when Indianapolis gave him a three-year, $42 million extension with $26.5 million guaranteed.
He was set to make a base salary of $11.98 million in 2026, the last year of that deal, before signing a two-year, $44 million extension in camp this year.
On the field, Taylor has played in eight games for the Colts in 2026, rushing 148 times for 610 yards, a 4.1 yards-per-carry average, and eight touchdowns. He has also added 21 catches for 202 yards.
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