The Colts' Jonathan Taylor saga seems poised to end soon, as Indianapolis granted the fourth-year running back permi sion to seek a trade amid an ongoing salary dispute with the team.Taylor was eligible to sign a lucrative extension with the Colts during the 2023 NFL offseason, but the two sides couldn't come to an agreement on a deal. The tension was kept relatively quiet until Colts owner Jim Irsay tweeted about the NFL running back market in July and drew the ire of Taylor's agent, Malki Kawa.From there, Taylor was in and out of the Indianapolis facility. He decided to rehab a troublesome injury away from the team which the Colts said was approved but shortly after his return, he left practice due to a personal matter.Now, it appears that the two sides are heading for a split. The only question now is where Taylor will land next.MORE:There are plenty of teams that would be excited to have Taylor's services. After all, he averaged 4.5 yards per carry last year despite being banged up and running behind a struggling offensive line; and the year before, Taylor led the NFL in carries (332), rushing yards (1,811) and rushing touchdowns (18), so he has a track record of succe s.That said, Taylor is also due a lucrative extension, so he needs to be acquired by a team with the requisite salary-cap space needed to allow that. Any team acquiring Taylor would also need numerous draft a sets, as the Colts want value equivalent to that of a first-round pick in exchange for the veteran running back.So, which teams have the best shot at landing Taylor? Here's a breakdown of his salary, contract situation and the draft capital that his potential suitors have at their respective disposals.Any team acquiring Taylor would take on his base salary of$4.3 millionin 2023, per . That would match his cap hit for the team in question while the Colts would Mattias Janmark Men Jersey retain $813,482 in dead cap space, or money allocated to a player no longer on their team. That dead cap space would stem from Taylor's $3.25 million signing bonus, which was prorated over the length of his four-year contract.Speaking of that contract, Taylor is in the final year of the four-year rookie deal that he signed with the Colts after being a second-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. As such, any team acquiring him would have to be willing to sign him to an extension to keep his services long-term.Just how much would Taylor make as part of a new, long-term deal? Well, projects that the 24-year-old would be in line to become one of the highest-paid running backs in the NFL.Below is a breakdown of that projected deal:Length: Four yearsTotalvalue: $52.3 millionAAV: $13.07 millionWhile this contract seems reasonable for Taylor's services at a glance, it seems likely that he would make more than this, at least in terms of AAV. The reason for this Gump Worsley Women Jersey is simple.The recent trend in the NFL is for each top-tier talent to set a new market high for their position when it comes time for them to sign extensions. Not all NFL teams like to allow players to do this, especially not at the running back position, but if a team trades for Taylor, they will need to do so. Why? Because they already will have surrendered significant resources to acquire him.As such, the team in question will need to make sure that Taylor is more than a rental to justify the cost of trading for him. That could lead Taylor to get a record-breaking NFL contract.So, while we can debate whether Taylor is worth more than Christian McCaffrey ($16 million AAV) in a vacuum all we want, it seems po sible that Taylor could exceed the value of McCaffrey's lucrative extension with the 49ers. And if not, he should at least come closer to that figure than the projected AAV figure of $13.07 million.MORE: Regardle s of what Taylor ends up making, he will find himself among the 10 highest-paid running backs in the league. He will make at least an eight-figure salary annually barring something unforeseen and will almost certainly place himself among the three highest-paid players at the Curtis McKenzie Jersey position.And if he's traded, he will either emerge as the NFL's highest-paid or just about match McCaffrey's salary.Here is an overview of the NFL running back market, per :RankPlayerTeamAAV1Christian McCaffrey49ers$16million2Alvin KamaraSaints$15 million3Derrick HenryTitans$12.5 million4Nick ChubbBrowns$12.2 million5Aaron JonesPackers$11.5 million6Saquon BarkleyGiants$10.1 millionJosh Jacobs*Raiders$10.1millionTony PollardCowboys$10.1million9James ConnerCardinals$7 millionDalvin CookJets$7 million*Of course, Taylor's contract is just one factor that could influence his landing spot in a potential trade. Another important one is the salary cap space that each team has available to it in 2023 and beyond.Plenty of teams will be able to squeeze Taylor onto their roster for the 2023 NFL season. As mentioned, he would have a cap hit of just$4.3 million in 2023 if traded; as it stands, there are only two teams that don't have that much available cap space (the Chiefs and the Buccaneers, per ).That said, it becomes easier to winnow down Taylor's suitors when looking at the cap space each squad has available for 2024. There are 10 teams with $3 million or le s in cap space for the 2024 NFL season, and while those teams will surely restructure contracts and release players to create more cap space, it will be hard for them to do so while also signing Taylor to a lucrative long-term extension.With that in mind, he is a look at the current team-by-team state of the NFL's salary cap as well as what it will look like in 2024, as projected by OverTheCap.com.Team2023 cap space2024 cap space49ers$10,019,225($12,795,655)Bears$16,346,824$85,887,054Bengals$19,607,330$55,041,701Bills$6,019,449($25,425,203)Broncos$9,093,552($17,655,136)Browns$22,685,003($52,085,292)Buccaneers$612,503$27,159,175Cardinals$24,568,324$48,756,286Chargers$12,518,094($50,424,148)Chiefs$748,038$52,069,309Colts$19,130,932$73,324,160Commanders$12,689,290$80,654,701Cowboys$18,982,691$944,865Dolphins$13,188,576($32,381,390)Eagles$13,361,747$47,105,651Falcons$11,758,127$38,548,730Giants$5,374,280$53,014,440Jaguars$18,357,810$20,242,787Jets$10,036,992$15,933,572Lions$19,934,182$57,760,963Packers$13,576,553$18,986,795Panthers$19,564,699$43,814,301Patriots$15,384,295$107,070,004Raiders$5,109,189$42,837,303Rams$10,104,771$47,825,156Ravens$7,270,409$15,689,924Saints$11,331,997($63,123,198)Seahawks$11,362,407$2,911,836Steelers$11,020,604($379,386)Texans$12,312,346$76,452,179Titans$12,636,289$75,418,760Vikings$10,489,037$50,485,342With all that said, it would appear that 20 teams would be able to trade forTaylor and extend him without having to worry too much about restructuring contracts. They are as follows, in alphabetical order:BearsBengalsCardinalsCommandersCowboysEaglesFalconsGiantsJaguarsJetsLionsPackersPanthersPatriotsRaidersRamsRavensTexansTitansVikingsIronically, the Colts are well-positioned to extend Taylor, too, as they have in exce s of $19 million in salary cap space this season which balloons to $73.3 million in 2023. However, given the state of the relationship between the running back and the team, that ship appears to have Miro Heiskanen Men Jersey sailed.MORE: It is po sible to further pare down the list of 20 teams interested in Taylor by simply by knowing what the Colts are hoping to get in exchange for the running back.ESPN's Stephen Holder reports that Indianapolis is hoping to get a first-round selection for Taylor. If the Colts can't do that, then they are hoping to receive pick value commensurate to a first-round pick, similar to what the Panthers received when they traded Christian McCaffrey for second-, third- and fourth-round picks in the 2023 NFL Draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.As such, it stands to reason that teams with the most draft capital will have the easiest time crafting a package for Taylor. Here's a look at the teams that have the most 2023 draft picks in total as well as those that have multiple early-round selections.TeamTotal 2023 draft picksFirst-round picksSecond-round picksCardinals1021Texans911Bears821Falcons811Jaguars811Packers812Patriots811Raiders811Bengals711Commanders711Giants711Lions711Ravens711Vikings711Cowboys611Eagles612Panthers601Rams611Jets510Titans511Now, that's not to say that a team like the Ramstrade one of their top-two picks as part of a package to land Taylor. After all, "F them picks!" is Les Snead's mantra. It's just an acknowledgment that it will be easier for the teams with more draft capital to swing a deal for Taylor.With that in mind, it looks like the Cardinals and Bears will be among those that have the easier time pursuing Taylor should they decide to go that route.The list of 20 potential suitors for Taylor can be further slashed when taking into account two more factors.First is teams that don't have a true need for a running back. This includes teams that recently signed a high-profile free agent at the position like the Panthers with Miles Sanders or the Cowboys having franchised Tony Pollard and teams that have recently spent an early-round pick on a running back, like the Falcons and Lions. It also includes teams with multiple quality options in the backfield, like the Patriots' duo of Rhamondre Stevenson and Ezekiel Elliott or the Packers' Aaron Jones-AJ Dillon combination.Additionally, we can presume that the Colts would prefer not to trade Taylor within their division at risk of being trampled by him twice per season. That would eliminate the Colts, Jaguars and Texans from the discu sion.So, at the end of this exercise, these are the remaining eight teams that would most likely consider pursuing Alexander Radulov Kids Jersey Taylor:Arizona CardinalsBaltimore RavensChicago BearsCincinnati BengalsLos Angeles RamsMinnesota VikingsPhiladelphia EaglesWashington CommandersCertainly, this list isn't perfect. And as mentioned, some of the cap-strapped teams could take a run at Taylor with an eye on reworking their budgets to fit the running back in for 2024. The Dolphins stand out as a team that could consider doing that.MORE: But if we're talking about the teams that would have the fewest obstacles in adding Taylor, these eight would fit the bill.