Seahawks named as Jonathan Taylor trade fit as Colts weigh deadline sale
CBS Sports mocks a Jonathan Taylor deal to Seattle for Jadarian Price and a 2027 second-round pick as the 5-4 Seahawks look for a run game.
The Seattle Seahawks are one of five teams that CBS Sports put forward as possible landing spots for Indianapolis running back Jonathan Taylor ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline. In Zachary Pereles' version of a Seattle deal, Taylor would come west and the Colts would get rookie running back Jadarian Price and a 2027 second-round pick.
This is a mock trade, not a report of talks. The background is real, though. Indianapolis is 2-7 and fired general manager Chris Ballard after a loss to a Tennessee team that had not won a game. The Colts already sent their 2027 first-rounder to the Jets at last year's deadline, so they need draft capital, and Taylor is their most valuable trade piece. He is 27, had 20 touchdowns and close to 2,000 scrimmage yards last season, and is under contract for two more years. Yahoo Sports reported that Indianapolis had not received an offer it liked as of Monday, with the deadline set for 4 p.m. Tuesday. Our sources did not report a deal.
The Seattle case rests on a running game that has not recovered since Kenneth Walker III left. CBS points to costly fumbles by Emanuel Wilson and George Holani. It also notes that offensive coordinator Brian Fleury came from San Francisco, which landed Christian McCaffrey in a similar deadline deal in 2022. Giving up Price would mean moving on from a first-round pick within months of drafting him, and Pereles calls that rare. The price itself would be modest: one young back and one Day 2 pick for a three-time Pro Bowler. Carolina got second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-round picks for McCaffrey.
Seattle's results show why the idea comes up. The Seahawks have scored 17, 17, 20 and 14 points in their last four games, or 17.0 a game. They averaged 30.5 over the four games before that. The defense has kept them at 5-4. Seattle allowed three points to both Kansas City and Arizona in that stretch, and its season average is 18.0 points allowed per game, against 22.4 scored.
What it means for Las Vegas
Whatever happens at the deadline, Seattle goes to Las Vegas on Sunday, November 15, on CBS. The Seahawks are coming off a 17-3 win over Arizona, which followed a 34-17 loss to Chicago. They have alternated wins and losses for the last four weeks, and they are 1-1 on the road against teams other than Arizona.
On this site's board, Seattle is favored across 12 venues. Novig has the Seahawks at -178 on the moneyline and the Raiders at +170. The best Seattle price anywhere is Polymarket's -175, so the venues are only a few cents apart at the top. Novig lists Seattle at -3.5 (-104) on the spread, with Las Vegas +3.5 at +102. The total is 43.5 at Novig, with the over at +104 and the under at -113. BetMGM has the best over price at 43 (-108). Sportsbook hold runs from 2.9% to 5.0% across the three markets.
That 43.5 is above Seattle's usual output. Seahawks games have averaged about 40.4 total points this season, and the recent offensive slump has kept most of them below that. If Taylor or any other back arrives before Tuesday's deadline, the clearest place to see a difference would be in short-yardage and red-zone carries, where Seattle's ball security has been the problem.