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Reggie Wayne may need to apologise to Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon

By The Best News Network November 13, 2026

The Indianapolis Colts could be in for a tricky end to the 2026 season following the numerous big-name departures before the trade deadline earlier this week.

Carlie Irsay-Gordon has recouped some draft picks for the Colts, but it has left the team short of star quality ahead of the final games of the year. Josh Downs and Keenan Allen were both lost from the wide receiver room on Tuesday, which has led to Colts coach Reggie Wayne sharing his thoughts online.

“Welp… Might be time to dust off the old Reeboks…. 🤷🏾‍♂️ Has the player-Coach thing ever happened before?” he said on X, with a photo of his cleats.

Given Wayne is working for the Colts as the wide receivers coach, his comments have received some criticism from some former players, who were left shocked by the 47-year-old speaking out against the decisions made by the organisation’s chiefs ahead of the trade deadline.

Reggie Wayne may owe Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon an apology

“For him to say that as the wide receiver coach, Carlie probably, ‘Hey, Reggie, can you come to my office?’ She writing that s*** down on a notepad when you walk in. ‘So I saw on Twitter you said it’s time to dust the cleats off. You think that was, you know, appropriate work-related behaviour? A tweet?’,” said Jarvis Landry on the 4 and South podcast.

“Reggie Wayne, I get it, man. There’s the humour in all of it. Obviously, you lost Keenan Allen, and then you lost Josh Downs. You’re going to have to answer for that, you know what I’m saying? That’s another thing that’s going down in her book.”

With Alex Pierce already on IR, losing Allen and Downs is going to prove a significant loss for Wayne. However, it is also clear that there will be expectations for how he and the other staff handle their emotions behind the scenes.

“Obviously you don’t want to see any of your teammates down, but the fact of the matter is, they are. And that’s an opportunity for these guys to step in, right?” Wayne said on Thursday.

“Think about Anthony Gould: he’s been waiting for this opportunity since he got here. Now’s time to shine. And Trey, get more targets, right? Deion Burks, let’s roll.”

A huge opportunity is on offer for the wide receivers still remaining in Indy to shine, but it is going to be a tough ask for the Colts given they traded away so much quality in an attempt to claw back some draft capital.