{"id":629471,"date":"2026-05-07T19:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629471\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:25:09","slug":"colts-release-cb-kenny-moore-ii-after-failing-to-find-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629471\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts release CB Kenny Moore II after failing to find trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moore was a key part of Indianapolis&#8217; defense under former coordinator Gus Bradley, signing a three-year, $30 million contract with the Colts following a 2023 campaign that saw the veteran record 93 tackles, three interceptions and six passes defensed in 16 games. Moore followed that up with a similarly productive showing in 2024 (78 tackles, three interceptions, seven passes defensed), but Bradley was <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/colts-fire-defensive-coordinator-gus-bradley-after-three-seasons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> after the Colts&#8217; defense regressed to a 29th-place finish in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>After one season under new DC Lou Anarumo, Moore decided it was time to find a new NFL home. The soon-to-be 31-year-old will have the freedom to do so after Thursday&#8217;s roster move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moore was a key part of Indianapolis&#8217; defense under former coordinator Gus Bradley, signing a three-year, $30 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6255,3686,272268,3,349,6257,215714,99],"class_list":["post-629471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kenny-moore","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}