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The Indianapolis Colts are trading quarterback Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders for a package of picks, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Colts’ return is thought to include two third-round picks, sources said.
Sources told Schefter that Washington will pay the full $28 million due to Wentz for the 2022 season, which includes a $5 million roster bonus due next week.
Wentz spent one season as the Colts’ quarterback after Indianapolis gave the Philadelphia Eagles a first- and third-round pick for him in February 2021. It was an attempt to find their next franchise quarterback following the retirement of Philip Rivers after the 2020 season.
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 draft, Wentz threw 27 touchdowns and tied his career low in interceptions with seven last season. His long-term status with the Colts came into question late in the season when he struggled in the team’s final two games where they had to win only one to make the playoffs.
“I’d like to quit Band-Aiding it,” Colts general manager Chris Ballard said in January. “I’d like for Carson to be the long-term answer or find somebody who will be here for the next 10 to 12 years. Sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. I can dream about it, wish about it, do everything I can to figure out the solution, but you do the best with what you can do at the time.”