Russell Wilson’s Denver tenure ended with a benching and an unceremonious release. The relationship with head coach Sean Payton later turned public when Wilson called his former coach “classless” on social media in October 2025.
On Sunday morning, back at Empower Field as a CBS Sports analyst, Wilson argued that the Broncos should be the ones solving the Jonathan Taylor question.
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“If I’m JT’s agent, I’m thinking about the Denver Broncos,” Wilson said. “The Denver Broncos need a running back. They need somebody to help out Bo Nix. They need that downhill running game that Sean Payton likes.”
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He went further than a suggestion.
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“If I’m JT though, I’m going to the team that I think can win the Super Bowl. And I think the Denver Broncos of all the teams, have all the pieces. The defense, the offense, the head coach, the whole thing and they got the fan base.”
Wilson’s case rests on need. Denver has leaned on rookie Jonah Coleman, who caught a 51-yard pass and ran in the go-ahead 5-yard touchdown in Sunday’s 28-24 comeback win over Kansas City, but the Broncos have lacked a back they can hand the ball to on first and second down and expect to create on his own.
“So if I’m JT, I could see Sean Payton, they got the money, they got the ownership. They’re gonna try to make this call to make this real. And I wouldn’t be surprised by the time this game’s over tonight on CBS, JT is gonna be a Denver Broncos.”
He also floated the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings and “a dark horse” in New York Giants.
Denver’s result helps the argument: the win moved the Broncos to 6-2 and alone atop the AFC West, half a game ahead of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
Jonathan Taylor stance on Colts trade
Taylor has not asked to be traded. He said so to reporters on Thursday, after Indianapolis traded guard Quenton Nelson to Seattle and defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to San Francisco, and coach Shane Steichen confirmed it.
Jonathan Taylor also met with owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon about his future, and came away with no guarantee he would stay.
“I haven’t heard anything, and I can’t control that,” Taylor said. “Obviously, you guys know that I’m always proud to wear the horseshoe, proud to be here.”
Asked separately about the business side, he put it this way:
“You can’t control some things. The business side is going to move with or without you, with or without your permission, with or without you knowing.”
CBS Sports’ Aditi Kinkhabwala reported Sunday that the Colts told her they are not soliciting offers or actively trying to move Taylor, though they are taking calls.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Indianapolis is open to a deal, with the Broncos, Packers, Vikings, Giants and Seahawks among the teams that have checked in.
Money is not the obstacle Wilson implies. Taylor signed a two-year, $44 million extension in August with $39 million guaranteed, running through 2028, at roughly $22 million per season.
He has 587 rushing yards and a league-leading eight rushing touchdowns, though Sunday’s 42-7 loss at Jacksonville was his worst: eight carries for 23 yards and a fumble on a botched reverse.
Edited by Prasen
