The Colts traded away their present to hopefully help their future.
Their quarterback of the here and now, Daniel Jones, is not entirely thrilled with how his team is looking.
Jones spoke to reporters one day after Indianapolis continued its sell-off, which included trading away two of the quarterback’s receivers — Keenan Allen (49ers) and Josh Downs (Chiefs).
The moves came two weeks after the team dealt guard Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks and defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to the 49ers.
General manager Chris Ballard was also fired last month.
“I mean, honestly, you’re not you’re not happy to see it, right?” the former Giants quarterback said. “You’re a player and you’re going out there competing and doing everything you can to win games, so you’re not happy to see a lot of those decisions. But like I said, it’s outside of our control, and our job is to play, and be prepared and play well.
“So, like I said, we got a lot of trust in the guys coming in to those spots, and we’ll be ready to go.”
The Colts and Jones were in the thick of the playoff hunt last season, but suffered a huge setback in mid-December when the signal-caller tore his Achilles and underwent season-ending surgery. Indianapolis got eight-time Pro Bowler Philip Rivers to come out of retirement, but the team finished 8-9 and outside the playoff picture.
The Colts are 2-11 since Jones’ injury.
This year’s squad, with Jones back in tow, has failed to get things going, as the Colts sit at 2-7. On top of that, their 2027 first-round pick belongs to the Jets after last year’s Sauce Gardner trade.
Though the Colts did make multiple trades, they did, however, hang on to star running back Jonathan Taylor after weeks of speculation that he could be one of the prizes of the deadline.
A different-looking Colts team will host the 1-7 Dolphins on Sunday.
