A Colts star player has an injury to monitor ahead of their Week 2 matchup with the Packers
The Indianapolis fell just short in Week 1 against the Houston Texans.Now they have an injury to monitor for one of their best players, DeForest Buckner. DeForest Buckner has a back injury to monitor ahead of Week 2 Buckner led a highly productive Colts pass rush that had four sacks in the game, totaling 1.5 […]
The Indianapolis fell just short in Week 1 against the Houston Texans.
Now they have an injury to monitor for one of their best players, DeForest Buckner.
DeForest Buckner has a back injury to monitor ahead of Week 2
Buckner led a highly productive Colts pass rush that had four sacks in the game, totaling 1.5 sacks. Near the end of the game, you could see Buckner was in quite a bit of pain, which is notable when you know Buckner is as tough as they come. He's been known to play through significant pain without showing it over the years.
The team gave Buckner more rest plays than we've typically seen during Week 1, especially with him not holding any injury designation coming into this game after he had a full week of practice.
Hopefully, this back injury is minor and will not keep the Colts' captain off the field. I would expect that Buckner will probably only have a partial, at best, practice week ahead of Week 2. But as I said earlier, we've seen Buckner miss an entire practice week and still suit up on game day.
If the injury is severe enough to hold Buckner out of the game, the Colts would likely have a rotation of players to fill the massive hole his absence would create. They'd likely use edge rushers Dayo Odeyingbo and Tyquann Lewis' versatility to play inside and give second-year DT Adetomiwa Adebawore more snaps.
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