Colts owner Jim Irsay commented on the ongoing NFL running back contract dispute, and Jonathan Taylor's agent chimed in to call out Irsay.
Indianapolis Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor is set to become a free agent after this season. And in the wake of the failed contract negotiations for Josh Jacobs and, until recently, Saquon Barkley after being franchise tagged, he's undoubtedly been acutely aware of the ongoing debate about running back contracts in the modern NFL.
He (and his agent) also took notice when Colts owner Jim Irsay chimed in on the conversation on Tuesday.
"We have negotiated a CBA, that took years of effort and hard work and compromise in good faith by both sides," Irsay said on Twitter. "To say now that a specific Player category wants another negotiation after the fact, is inappropriate. Some Agents are selling 'bad faith'.."
After those comments, though, Taylor's agent, Malki Kawa, chimed in to throw some shade and call out Irsay, saying, "Bad faith is not paying your top offensive player".
Colts: Jonathan Taylor's agent calls out Jim Irsay after comments on RBs
Suffice it to say, this doesn't look like it's heading anywhere good for the Colts.
Taylor was placed on the PUP list to start training camp as he continues to recover from ankle surgery he underewent in January. At the same time, though, negotiations on an extension have been ongoing, but quite fruitless to this point between Taylor and Indianapiolis.
Colts general manager Chris Ballard was asked about Taylor and his contract recently, noting that "the market is what the market is" before then talking out of the other side of his mouth in saying how much the organization values Taylor and wants him to be part of the team moving forward.
It doesn't appear that Taylor and his agent are going to let that type of lip-service do anything for them, though. Instead, it will be dollars and cents that do the talking. And in this current landscape with running back contracts, that could ultimately mean another heated and, frankly, ugly dispute between the player and team next offseason.