Colts trade wide receiver Josh Downs to Chiefs, reports say

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Colts are reportedly trading fourth-year wide receiver Josh Downs, along with a 2027 seventh-round pick, to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a fourth-round and fifth-round pick in the 2027 draft.

The Colts selected Downs in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. In 55 career games, he has recorded 228 receptions for 2,470 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Downs reportedly requested a trade on Oct. 28. After Sunday’s 27-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, he was asked whether he wanted to remain with the Colts.

“I said I’m open to whatever,” Downs said. “If they want me to stay here, I’m going to stay here, and if they want to trade me away, they’ll trade me away.”

In his final game with the Colts, Downs caught three passes for 24 yards and had two crucial drops, one of which came on the Colts’ final offensive possession. After the difficult outing against Dallas, he was asked whether it was challenging to focus on football amid the ongoing trade rumors.

“I don’t really have an answer for that,” Downs said. “I practiced well this week. I was catching balls all week and playing hard. I wasn’t distracted. I was just, like I said, I just stunk today.”

Through Week 9, Downs had recorded 33 catches for 354 yards and one touchdown.

The trade comes three weeks after the Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard and two weeks after the team traded away franchise pillars Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner.

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