{"id":896676,"date":"2026-10-27T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/896676\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:58:09","slug":"colts-trade-eight-time-pro-bowl-guard-quenton-nelson-to-seahawks-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/896676\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts trade eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson to Seahawks | Latest NFL News, Analysis &#038; Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Colts have traded eight-time Pro Bowl guard\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/quenton-nelson\" target=\"_blank\" data-headlessui-state=\"\">Quenton Nelson<\/a> to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a 2027 third-round draft pick and a 2028 fifth-rounder, the team announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts are currently 2-5 following their <a class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/colts-at-vikings-2026-reg-7?tab=recap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">loss<\/a> to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, and Indianapolis <a class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/colts-fire-gm-chris-ballard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> general manager Chris Ballard on Oct. 19, which led to speculation that the team could be a seller heading into the\u00a0<a class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-trade-grades-evaluating-every-deal-made-ahead-of-the-2026-deadline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 10 trade deadline<\/a>. One of the first players to be bandied about was the 30-year-old Nelson, who has been a staple on the Colts&#8217; offensive line since he was drafted sixth overall in 2018 and is in the final year of a\u00a0<a class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/quenton-nelson-colts-agree-to-terms-on-four-year-80m-contract-extension\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">four-year, $80 million extension<\/a> signed in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson was <a class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/colts-quenton-nelson-not-focused-trade-rumors-gm-firing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-headlessui-state=\"\" target=\"_blank\">asked about the possibility of being dealt<\/a> last week, and the veteran said he was &#8220;just focused on being my best and giving my absolute all every single day in everything I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, that focus will be directed toward assisting a Seahawks offense that&#8217;s off to a slow start seven weeks into the team&#8217;s Super Bowl title defense. With Brian Fleury brought over from San Francisco to take the OC reins after Klint Kubiak became the head coach in Las Vegas, Seattle (4-3) ranks around the middle of the pack in both yards (15th) and points (13th) thus far, clearly feeling the absence of free-agent departure\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"relative text-plus-650 dark:text-plus-350 underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/kenneth-walker-iii\" target=\"_blank\" data-headlessui-state=\"\">Kenneth Walker III<\/a> in the ground attack. In the passing game, the Seahawks have allowed a 38.4% QB pressure rate in 2026 (the 11th-highest mark in the NFL, per Next Gen Stats) and given up 16 sacks (tied for 13th-most).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts have traded eight-time Pro Bowl guard\u00a0Quenton Nelson to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6255,349,99],"class_list":["post-896676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896676","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=896676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}