The Colts and veteran cornerback Kenny Moore II have mutually agreed to seek a trade and find him a new home, according to reporter Adam Schefter. Moore is entering the last year of his contract, and both sides now believe it is time to explore a move.
The timing matters because Indianapolis can create $7,060,000 in cap space by trading Moore, while taking on $6,050,000 in dead money, according to OverTheCap. That is the kind of number teams notice when a player is no longer locked into the long term, even if he still brings value on the field.
Moore’s path to this point has been one of the more unusual in the league. He signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Valdosta State in 2017, agreed to a three-year, $1.66 million contract, was waived and later claimed off waivers by the Colts. Indianapolis then re-signed him on a four-year, $33 million extension in 2019, and in 2024 gave him another three-year deal worth $30 million.
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That history makes the trade request more than a routine roster move. The Colts have already made several commitments to Moore, and he responded again in 2025 with 14 games played, seven starts, 55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, an interception returned for a touchdown and six pass defenses. For a player with that production, moving on now says more about timing and finances than performance alone.
Schefter said both sides feel it is time to explore a trade, and the logic is easy to see from Indianapolis’ side. Moore made a base salary of $6.795 million in the final year of his 2019 extension in 2023, then returned on the 2024 deal; now the Colts have a chance to reset a contract that has been revised several times already. The next step is finding a trade partner willing to take on a veteran corner with a recent playmaking season and a contract entering its final year.
