October 31, 2026 - 4:09 pm

If the Indianapolis Colts are not completely tanking and waving a white flag on the season, they are doing something close to it.

After firing general manager Chris Ballard in mid-October, Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon scribbled two trades on her notebook, sending offensive guard Quenton Nelson to Seattle and defensive lineman DeForest Buckner to San Francisco. With the NFL’s trade deadline looming on Nov. 10, she’s probably not done.

Ballard was embarrassingly bad at his job and should have been dumped long ago. The next star to go could be running back Jonathan Taylor. Indianapolis (2-5) is in obvious need of a franchise quarterback and enters a rebuilding phase.

The Colts are 10-point underdogs at Jacksonville on Sunday, and this ’dog player will pass. Here are my best bets for Week 8:

Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets (-1.5)

It could be time for Kirk Cousins to win or get benched, although the quarterback position is not the problem for the Raiders.…