{"id":754,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/754","headline":"Colts release wide receiver Darius Slayton","dek":"His brief stint in Indianapolis ends almost as fast as it began.","body":"The Colts have released wide receiver Darius Slayton, cutting short what was already a short run in Indianapolis. He didn't last long with the team before the front office decided to move on.\n\nSlayton's time with the Colts ended quickly, and the club wasted little time pulling the plug on the experiment. There's no word yet on exactly what prompted the sudden split, but the receiver is now back on the open market.\n\nThe move raises questions about Slayton's NFL future. After bouncing from his previous situation into Indianapolis only to be cut loose so soon, teams around the league will be watching to see where, or if, he lands next. For now, he's a free agent looking for his next chance, and the Colts move forward at receiver without him.","published_at":"2026-10-17T05:34:53.087177+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Colts release WR Darius Slayton","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/colts-release-wr-darius-slayton"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Darius Slayton’s NFL career in jeopardy after Colts cut bait fast","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/16/sports/darius-slaytons-nfl-career-in-jeopardy-after-colts-cut-bait-fast/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Colts release WR Darius Slayton","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/colts-release-wr-darius-slayton-133950282.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-Giants wide receiver released by Indianapolis Colts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-giants-wide-receiver-released-140400104.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Indianapolis Colts cut wide receiver Darius Slayton","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/indianapolis-colts-cut-wide-receiver-132858202.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steichen on Colts' decision to release WR Darius Slayton","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steichen-colts-decision-release-wr-182023770.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Colts Reveal Positive Josh Downs News After Darius Slayton Release","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/colts-reveal-positive-josh-downs-035617936.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"“Worst GM in the NFL” “Failure of a move”: Fans Slam Colts FO For Releasing Darius Slayton 24 Days After Free Agent Move","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/worst-gm-nfl-failure-move-062148293.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/99ba467/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F594%2F191%2Fnbc_pftpm_tenvind_261015.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}