The Indianapolis Colts were back on the practice field on Wednesday as they begin their on-field preparations for their Week 10 matchup with the 7-2 Buffalo Bills, who are winners of four straight.
Following this first practice, the team released it’s Wednesday injury report. Let’s take a look at what you need to know.
Wednesday's practice report for #BUFvsIND: pic.twitter.com/17aGcnz5Fd
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– Bernhard Raimann returned to practice for the first time in over a week. He did not practice at all last week while in concussion protocol and did not play against Minnesota. Although Raimann is practicing, it’s been reported that he is still in protocols and won’t be available on gamedays until he’s cleared.
– Matt Goncalves, Dayo Odeyingbo, and Braden Smith were all on the injury report but were full participants. Over the last several weeks, while Smith has played on Sundays, he often hasn’t practiced on Wednesdays. So him being a full participant today is a good sign that his knee is doing well.
– A new addition was Zaire Franklin, who did not practice with an ankle injury. He played 73 snaps on Sunday versus the Vikings. As of now, we do not have any further information on Franklin’s status for the rest of the week, but this will be worth monitoring.
– As has been normal on Wednesday’s, Michael Pittman did not practice as he continues to work through a back injury. For what it’s worth, in recent weeks he’s been back at practice on Thursdays and Fridays and has obviously played on Sundays. Pittman spoke about his back injury prior to practice.
– As a reminder, the Colts placed Ryan Kelly on injured reserve on Monday.