Jonathan Taylor inks three-year, $42 million contract extension with Colts

Jonathan Taylor’s holdout has led to an emphatic model. The Colts’ superstar operating again has come to phrases with the group on a three-year, $42 million extension that incorporates $26.5 million assured, according to NFL Media and showed via CBS Sports NFL Insider Josina Anderson.

Taylor were in a contentious contract dispute with the membership after Colts proprietor Jim Irsay mentioned that the group would now not prolong Taylor’s contract prior to the beginning of the 2023 season. Irsay it seems that had a metamorphosis of middle whilst serving to Taylor reset the operating again marketplace within the procedure. 

The four-year veteran is now one of the vital league’s highest-aid operating backs, becoming a member of the ranks of Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry and Nick Chubb. Each of the ones avid gamers make a minimum of $12.2 million every year below multiyear contracts. 

Taylor’s deal will most probably have an effect on the pending contracts of Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley and Austin Ekeler, who’re every slated to be unfastened brokers subsequent offseason. 

Saturday’s news comes after the group activated Taylor off of the bodily not able to accomplish listing, making Taylor eligible to play in Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Tennessee Titans. Taylor is these days indexed as questionable as he continues to paintings thru an ankle damage that sidelined him all the way through the season’s first 4 video games. 

When wholesome, the 24-year-old, former second-round pick out has performed at a prime stage all the way through his time in Indianapolis. He ran for over 1,100 yards as a rookie and in 2021 received the league’s speeding identify after operating for a franchise file 1,811 yards. 

Despite the contract scenario, the Colts have been steadfast about their want to stay Taylor within the fold for the lengthy haul. Taylor additionally expressed his want to stay in Indianapolis simply days previous to signing his extension. 

“I’m here right now and my No. 1 thing is to take care of my teammates,” Taylor mentioned, via the team’s website. “A lot of people worry about what I want, what I want — it doesn’t matter what necessarily I want. What matters is what this team needs, what this team wants, what this city wants and what this city needs. What this city needs is a championship. And while I’m here, that’s what I’m going to work my tail off to do.”