After trading Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks, what is next for theIndianapolis Colts?
Presumably, this was the first of a few trades that could be made in the coming weeks, with the Colts sitting at 2-5 and now eyeing the future.
While appearing on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, ESPN's Adam Schefter highlighted a few other players who could be on the move, although as of now, he doesn't anticipate Jonathan Taylor being one of them.
"They don't want to trade Jonathan Taylor, which doesn't mean they won't trade, 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 believe will end up being on the move here, and the I think the players you look at would be DeForest
Buckner, Josh Downs, Grover Stewart on the defensive line, they'll get calls on him."
"I think the players that could be on the move for the Colts are DeForest Buckner, Josh Downs, and Grover Stewart..
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Downs is perhaps the surprise name mentioned by Schefter, but he is in the final year of his rookie deal, and as the Colts hit the reset button, paying him may not be a priority.
Schefter believes that the next Colts player to be traded will be DeForest Buckner, who, like Nelson, is in the final year of his deal with the team and still playing at a high level.
"Now again, what ends up happening and who winds up getting traded, I would say this, the name that we're watching next is DeForest Buckner because he's also in a similar situation to Quenton Nelson on an expiring deal, he's a veteran," said Schefter. "And here's the thing that you have to keep in mind on DeForest Buckner: as a 10-year veteran, and there's some people around the league that don't know this rule, but the most the Colts could get back, the highest compensatory draft pick that the Colts would get back if he's signed elsewhere after the season, would be a fifth-round pick. A fifth-round pick. So that to me frames the compensation will wind up getting back for DeForest Buckner. It won't be as good -- I don't think -- as Quenton Nelson."
This year's NFL trade deadline is Nov. 10.
This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Insider details next steps for Colts after Quenton Nelson trade
