With the Indianapolis Colts needing help at wide receiver, Bleacher Report suggests that Indy explores a trade with the New York Giants.
Despite what Chris Ballard and Frank Reich told the world all offseason about the wideouts for the Indianapolis Colts, Indy doesn’t have a reliable group of wide receivers now. Many fans and media members expected this to be the case but the team repeatedly expressed confidence in the group. However, the young wide receivers haven’t proven Reich and Ballard right through the first two weeks.
This didn’t have to be the case. The past offseason for the NFL may have had the most high-profile wide receiver movement in history. From free agency to trades, there were several quality wideouts that went to new teams. However, the Colts just sat back and refused to get into the mix. Now, Indy is struggling with little to no options to improve its group of receivers.
Veteran TY Hilton is still available and so is Odell Beckham Jr., although he is recovering from an ACL injury. If Indianapolis wants a young receiver that can contribute right now, he’ll have to be acquired by trade. Fortunately, there are some trade targets at receiver around the NFL.
Kristopher Knox from Bleacher Report pointed that out in a recent piece naming six NFL trades that should happen right now. One of those trades involved the Colts sending some late-round picks to the Giants for Darius Slayton. While Slayton makes sense, Kenny Golladay is also a Giants receiver that Indy could explore trading for.
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Knox detailed how Indy has been struggling at receiver through two games and how Slayton has been struggling to get on the field in New York. A solution for all parties involved would be the Giants sending Slayton to Indy so he could play and provide the Colts with some help.
That same scenario is why Golladay should also be a trade target for Indianapolis. After playing 46 snaps in Week 1 for the Giants, Golladay played only two snaps in Week 2. He followed that up with an explosive media session on Wednesday where he exclaimed that he should be on the field and that he has no idea why he wasn’t playing on Sunday.
Kenny Golladay on his lack of playing time:
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) September 21, 2022
"I should be playing regardless" pic.twitter.com/5xlEHnmLFd
Meanwhile, the Giants are surprisingly 2-0, and without the help of Darius Slayton or Kenny Golladay. So if those two guys are frustrated about not playing and New York is performing fine without them, why not move them to wide receiver-needy teams like the Colts?
Slayton is in his fourth year in the NFL and he has already had two seasons with more than 700 receiving yards. Golladay, on the other hand, is a six-year veteran with a Pro Bowl on his resume and two 1000-yard seasons. He even led the league in receiving touchdowns back in 2019.
Both Golladay and Slayton are more proven options than all the wideouts in Indianapolis with the exception of Michael Pittman Jr. If the Giants are willing to trade these two, it makes no sense for the Colts not to explore the possibility. The Colts have sat patiently on all the other wide receiver movement in the league and look where that got them. It’s time to make a move.
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