Prior to taking the practice field on Wednesday, Indianapolis Colts’ head coach Shane Steichen met with reporters and announced that defensive tackle DeForest Buckner would not practice.
Buckner is currently working through a back injury that he suffered late in the Colts’ Week 1 loss to the Houston Texans.
On Monday, Steichen said that Buckner received treatment and was “progressing well.” Buckner also mentioned after the game that he thought he would be good to go for the Colts’ Week 2 matchup with the Green Bay Packers.
With it still being early in the week, this could be the Colts being cautious and giving Buckner some added rest heading into Sunday.
Without Buckner on the practice field, that will put an added workload on Raekwon Davis, Taven Bryan, and Adetomiwa Adebawore.
As he does, Buckner made his presence felt on Sunday, totaling three pressures, two of which were sacks, and recording six total tackles in the run game.
The Colts defense was gashed by the Texans run game, which as a unit totaled over 200 yards. That task doesn’t get any easier this week with Josh Jacobs next up on the schedule. Against Philadelphia, Jacobs averaged 5.3 yards per rush in Week 1.
At quarterback, the Packers are expected to be without Jordan Love, which has the Colts preparing to face Malik Willis.