Colts rule out star RB Taylor for game at Denver

INDIANAPOLIS — Colts All-Professional working again Jonathan Taylor will miss the primary sport of his school or professional profession because of harm after being dominated out for Thursday evening’s street contest towards the Denver Broncos.

Taylor suffered a badly twisted ankle late within the Colts’ 24-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday and didn’t return to the sport. He had been present process fixed rehab since in an effort to make it again for Thursday evening, even suggesting on Tuesday {that a} determination on his availability would possibly come shortly earlier than kickoff.

However, ultimately, the third-year again was unable to beat the harm.

“I undoubtedly do plan to play, however if you cannot go you possibly can’t go,” Taylor mentioned Tuesday. “That is why you must get as a lot therapy as you possibly can.”

Taylor had missed only one sport in his skilled profession, throughout his rookie season in 2020 when he was positioned on the reserve/COVID-19 checklist.

The Colts have been struggling to generate a constant working sport even with Taylor within the lineup, so his absence won’t make issues any simpler. The Colts enter Week 5 ranked twenty seventh in speeding yards per sport (87.8) and per carry (3.5), a far cry from final season, when Taylor was the NFL’s main rusher with 1,811 yards and the Colts led the league in speeding.

The Colts will lean on some mixture of No. 2 working again Nyheim Hines, Deon Jackson and former Broncos star Phillip Lindsay, who’s on their apply squad.

The Colts additionally dominated out linebacker Shaquille Leonard and defensive lineman Tyquan Lewis with concussions and security Julian Blackmon with an ankle harm.