Interactive: The Colts’ sell-off — Ballard fired, Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner traded, Jonathan Taylor and the Nov. 10 deadline, step by step

The Colts started 8-1 in 2025, then lost their last eight games and finished 8-9. Since that start they have won two of 15 games. This season a 2-2 start has turned into three straight losses, most recently 16-10 at Minnesota in Week 7.

On October 19, the day after a home loss to the previously winless Titans, Indianapolis fired general manager Chris Ballard in the final year of his contract. Shane Steichen kept his job, and Ed Dodd became interim general manager. The Colts last made the playoffs in 2020.

On October 27, the Colts traded Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks for a 2027 third-round pick and a 2028 fifth. The No. 6 pick in 2018 made the Pro Bowl in each of his first eight seasons and was a three-time first-team All-Pro. Rookie Jalen Farmer takes over at left guard.

The same day, DeForest Buckner returned to San Francisco, which drafted him seventh overall in 2016, for a 2027 fourth-round pick. The Colts do not have their 2027 first-round pick, which went to the Jets in the Sauce Gardner trade.

Jonathan Taylor has 587 rushing yards and eight touchdowns through seven games. “You think we’re rebuilding? I would say we’re going out there trying to win,” he said. The trade deadline is Tuesday, November 10, at 4 p.m. ET, with games at Jacksonville and against Dallas first.