Jonathan Taylor no longer wants to be an Indianapolis Colt. This is understandable but unfortunate. For the franchise for whom he’s been a rare bright spot on offense. For a running back who appears destined to be a case study on how doomed NFL tailbacks’ contracts are.
Taylor requested a trade Saturday night, early in the training camp process before the 2023 preseason. He did so after meeting with team owner Jim Irsay, the perpetually online, eternally caffeinated billionaire who’d taken to Twitter days before to suggest running backs that had the gall to ask to be paid like the league’s most visibile stars were, in fact, “inappropriate.”
