Like many teams this week, the Indianapolis Colts (1-1) went through some serious injuries in their 28-11 win against the Minnesota Vikings (0-2) at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.
The worst of it came with two starters on opposite sides of the ball. Wide receiver Parris Campbell suffered PCL and MCL injuries on a nasty hit from Harrison Smith while safety Malik Hooker is officially out for the remainder of the season due to a torn Achilles.
Head coach Frank Reich spoke to the media Monday and gave some updates on the injured players:
WR Parris Campbell
Campbell suffered injuries to his PCL and MCL but avoided the ACL. Regardless, there is a strong likelihood he misses the remainder of the season. However, the second-year wideout is undecided on whether he will go under the knife or simply try to rehab it without surgery.
Reich quote: “Parris (Campbell), I’m sure you saw the news – the MCL-PCL injury. He’s going to miss some time. We’re just going to continue and evaluate his injury really to make the determination on his status. We’ll leave that up to the doctors. Not sure if he’s going to need a procedure yet, but we’ll defer to our doctors and training staff there.”
S Malik Hooker
Reich confirmed what we already knew about the fourth-year safety. Hooker tore his Achilles—the second player to do so in as many weeks—and will miss the remainder of the season. Hooker will be a free agent following the end of the 2020 campaign and could have played his final snap in Indy.
Reich quote: “Obviously with Malik (Hooker), unfortunately he did have an Achilles injury that will end his season. I just talked to Malik a little bit ago. I feel awful for him. He had a great offseason, was playing well in many respects. Tough news for him, but I believe Malik’s best football is ahead of him and hopefully he’ll go through this recovery very quickly.”
CB Rock Ya-Sin
A surprise inactive for the Week 2 home opener, Ya-Sin was unavailable for the matchup after coming down with what seems like a pretty serious stomach bug. It’s so serious, in fact, that Reich is undecided on whether the second-year cornerback will be available in Week 3 for the Jets matchup.
Rech quote: “After being evaluated at the hospital yesterday, Rock (Ya-Sin) was diagnosed with a non-football related illness. I’m not going to go into the details of that right now, but it is too early to tell what his status will be for this week.”
LB Matthew Adams
Reich simply confirmed that Adams has an ankle injury without going into much detail. We will have to monitor the injury report this week to determine his status for the Week 3 home game against the Jets.