Once again, Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is away from the team this preseason. After spending about a week away from the team rehabilitating a nagging ankle injury amidst contract struggles, Taylor returned to camp just two days ago. Now, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Taylor has left camp once again, this time due to a personal matter. 
Schefter’s colleague at ESPN, Stephen Holder, reported that, according to “multiple sources,” the personal matter Taylor is attending to is completely legitimate. It must be since, despite the recent disagreements over his contract, the Colts classified his absence as “excused” in a team statement, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
News isn’t likely to be released concerning the personal matter that Taylor is dealing with, but although it seemingly has nothing to do with the contract issues Taylor and the Colts face, it’s impossible not to add that context to the situation. Regardless of whether or not it was his intention, this personal matter allows Taylor to continue his holdout from team camp. He is technically not missing much anyway, as he remains on the physically unable to perform list nursing the ankle injury that hampered him throughout most of the 2022 season.
This new absence doesn’t really add any new information to the existing situation and issues. Taylor is still dealing with the ankle injury. Taylor still has concerns about his future in Indianapolis that the team seemingly has no interest in discussing. All this new absence does is prolong the inevitable conversations that will need to take place.
In the meantime, the Colts will continue rolling with Deon Jackson, Kenyan Drake, and a hampered Zack Moss through the preseason. There’s still time to work things out and get Taylor back on the field before the regular season, but with Taylor out of the building once again, it will be a bit less time.
Making it real hard to draft this guy in ffb.
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Awwww, poor you.
So Jonathan Taylor showing up and now having an absence that is team classified as “excused” from training camp……
Does this by-pass the collective bargaining agreement with holdout fines? After all, Taylor was losing $40,000 a practice that he skipped.
He’s on PUP and has actually been present most days at training camp just not participating.
Hope everything’s ok at home
Something happened to his aunt they don’t wanna disclose I’m from his area in south jersey
Probably best to just move along then and report when he returns. Give the family some privacy.
His Aunt is loose