Indianapolis Colts Acquires Two Final Target To Round Up 2024 Roster..
The Indianapolis Colts were so close to making the playoffs in 2023. They were 16 yards and a Tyler Goodson drop away from making the postseason despite being ravaged by injuries.
Rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson missed 13 games and Jonathan Taylor was absent for seven. But Indianapolis should be better this year, especially if they can make a few more moves to add to their team.
Acquiring targets like Miles Sanders and Caleb Farley in a trade would help the Colts round out their roster for the 2024 season.
2023 was a very bad year for Miles Sanders on the gridiron. He did just fine financially, though. Sanders was offered and accepted a four-year, $25.6 million contract by the Carolina Panthers that included $13 million guaranteed. He earned that contract with his play beforehand, but Sanders did not come anywhere close to living up that deal in his first season with Carolina.
After averaging just over five yards per carry for his career with the Philadelphia Eagles, Sanders’ average plateaued to 3.3 in 2023.
He didn’t only struggle in that department. He had the fifth-worst rushing yards over expectation average per attempt among running backs according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Only Jamaal Williams, Kareem Hunt, Dameon Pierce, and Alvin Kamara were worse in that department.
Sanders was replaced in the starting lineup by Chuba Hubbard, who outperformed the former Penn State back in nearly every statistical category. The Panthers also used a second-round pick on Texas’ Jonathon Brooks in the 2024 NFL Draft. Sanders seems completely out of their plans going forward, so it would make sense for each side to move on.