The Indianapolis Colts will probably be coming into coaching camp later this month boasting among the best backfields in your entire NFL.
Having the league’s dashing champion from the earlier season will assist that narrative, however there are also loads of numerous ability units on the depth chart. Despite the fact that the highest spots within the room are locked in, there will probably be an thrilling battle for the one or two spots behind them all through coaching camp and the preseason.
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Quarterbacks
With coaching camp set to reach July 26, right here’s our preview of the operating again place:
Jonathan Taylor
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Taylor is gunning for the dashing crown for the second yr in a row after main the NFL with 1,811 dashing yards and 20 whole touchdowns in 2021. We should always count on regression within the landing column, however Taylor is arguably the league’s finest operating again.
Nyheim Hines
After his lack of utilization in the course of the 2021 season, the Colts have vowed to maintain Hines extra concerned transferring ahead. A lot of that has been true all through the spring exercises, and we should always count on Hines to see numbers nearer to 2018 and 2020.
What will probably be fascinating with Hines is how a lot the Colts use him as a receiver. Not simply out of the backfield however lined up within the slot or out huge. There’s an opportunity the Colts use him as a mismatch whereas splitting out extra in the course of the 2022 season.
Phillip Lindsay
Lindsay signed with the Colts on a one-year deal following the 2022 NFL draft and is prone to be the chief for the third operating again spot coming into coaching camp.
Lindsay’s manufacturing early in his profession provides him a lift over the opposite gamers within the room but when he’s going to carry onto that No. 3 spot, he’ll probably need to contribute extra on particular groups.
Deon Jackson
Jackson was the explanation Marlon Mack was a wholesome scratch for almost all of the second half of the 2021 season. Jackson’s function was spent totally on particular groups and whereas the arrival of Lindsay does present stiff competitors, Jackson nonetheless has an intriguing ability set that might show worthy of a roster spot—even when he’s among the many gamers at present on the roster bubble.
Ty’Son Williams
Williams joined the Colts roster shortly after they signed Lindsay. Regardless of displaying promise in the course of the early a part of the 2021 season with the Baltimore Ravens, Williams was benched in favor of gamers like Devonta Freeman and Latavius Murray.
Williams brings an fascinating component to the backfield given his dimension and velocity mixture. He shouldn’t be neglected for the ultimate spot within the backfield when the competitions get underway, and it wouldn’t be a shock if he’s a standout in the course of the preseason.
D’vonte Worth
Worth is an especially intriguing undrafted rookie. At 6-foot-1 and 210 kilos, Worth ran a 4.38 within the 40-yard sprint. Although he entered the draft as an older prospect, he’s received loads of juice so as to add to the backfield and could possibly be an intriguing undertaking to work with on the observe squad.
C.J. Verdell
Rounding out the backfield is Verdell, who involves the NFL from Oregon. Verdell was on the trail of being a mid-to-late-round decide within the 2022 NFL draft earlier than struggling a fractured fibula and dislocated ankle throughout his senior season. It might be unlikely that Verdell makes the roster, however it wouldn’t be a shock if the Colts saved him round on the observe squad to see how he develops.