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Are the Colts really going to start the season with this group of receivers?
The Colts have a new number one receiver in Alec Pierce, but the rest of the receiver group leaves much to be desired
Alec Pierce
WR · IND · 26 yrs · exp 4 · Cincinnati
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3,861
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#104
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#33
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-2.5% (7d vs prior)
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Latest: Jul 24, 2026 · 3,861
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Colts’ Alec Pierce receives votes for being Top 10 NFL wideout in ESPN’s annual league survey
While he fell short of the sticks, Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce did receive votes for being among the NFL’s Top 10 wideouts in an annual league survey conducted by NFL general managers, executives, and coaches ( via ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler ): Also receiving votes: Alec Pierce, Tee Higgins , DK Metcalf , Terry McLaurin , Garrett Wilson , DeVonta Smith , Ladd McConkey , Brian Thomas Jr. , Jaylen Waddle , Chris Olave The Colts lead wideout was re-signed to a once historic 4-year, $116 million salary earlier this offseason after recording 47 receptions for 1,003 total receiving yards and 6 touchdown receptions this past season. His 21.3 yards per reception average led the league for a consecutive campaign. Pierce is currently recovering from an offseason surgery on his ankle, but the expectation is that he could be ready during the second half of team training camp after an initial 4-6 month timetable for his return. While he remains arguably the league’s premier deep threat, with his ability to separate vertically, high point the football with body control, and make contested, acrobatic catches, Pierce has only continued to improve regarding refining his route tree and becoming a more complete pass catcher collectively. He’ll need to continue to make strides in that regard if he wants to be considered among the league’s Top 10 players at his position. The Colts will assuredly be counting on him for a more volume heavy role next season, especially in light of the departure of longtime veteran wideout Michael Pittman Jr. opposite him
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Ladd McConkey sneaks into ESPN’s top WR rankings
The Chargers have not had top-tier wide receiver play in a number of years but they got a view of a bright future when Ladd McConkey recorded 1,149 yards on 82 receptions to set team rookie records in both categories. Unfortunately year two did not live up to the same hype as the Chargers re-signed Keenan Allen during the offseason which directly ate into McConkey’s potential workload. By the end of the 2025 campaign, McConkey still led the Chargers in receiving yards, but his total of 789 was still quite the drop-off from his rookie total. Fortunately, it looks like those around the league still remember how impactful he was as a rookie. In ESPN’s latest positional rankings, McConkey still managed to make the “received votes” category where he was joined by other receivers such as Alec Pierce , Tee Higgins , Jaylen Waddle , and D.K. Metcalf. Some of these other names in the group just received massive contracts within the past two offseasons which speaks to the talent and depth of the position in the current NFL. Entering the 2026 season, the Chargers have not re-signed Keenan Allen for another year and McConkey is squarely in position to be the team’s WR1, on top of now playing in an offense that should get the absolute most out of him under Mike McDaniel. A year from now, when the folks at ESPN roll these rankings out again, I would not be surprised to see McConkey make a big jump up their consensus. If he can top any of the numbers he put up as a rookie, or better yet ALL of them in 2026, dare I say he could sneak into the top 10? That may be a bit rich, but crazier things have happened, right?
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Colts Reacts Survey Results
A survey of Indianapolis Colts fans reveals that 34% believe Laiatu Latu will be the most improved player on the team for the upcoming 2026 season. Latu, a third-year pass rusher, recorded 8.5 sacks and 3 interceptions in 2025 and is expected to anchor the edge rush in his second year under defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo
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No Time to Waste | Ten Players to Stash in Dynasty NOW
Ten players to stash in dynasty leagues now before they break out in 2026
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Colts Reacts Survey Results
Colts fans identified defensive end as the biggest positional deficiency. Key free agent departures at the position have opened the door for veteran Arden Key to be the projected starter, facing competition from second-year player Jaylahn Tuimoloau
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2026 Indianapolis Colts Fantasy Preview: All eyes on Daniel Jones
This time last year, we were debating Anthony Richardson vs. Daniel Jones . Now we’re debating whether or not Jones is worth $50 million per year. Coming off a breakout season, Jones would be a safe bet to stay hot in 2026, but a torn Achilles muddies the waters for his second season in Indianapolis . 2026 Rotoworld Fantasy Football Team Previews Hub Get ready for 2026 fantasy football drafts with in-depth previews for all 32 teams throughout the summer. Rotoworld Staff , Points per game: 27.4 (8th) Total yards per game: 345.9 (9th) Plays per game: 59.9 (19th) Dropbacks per game: 37.9 (19th) Dropback EPA per play: 0.1 (11th) Designed rush attempts per game: 25.4 (20th) Rush EPA per play: 0.05 (1st) Shane Steichen and the Colts entered the 2025 season at a crossroads. The team desperately wanted Richardson to be a thing, but Jones had different plans. He decisively won that camp battle and never looked back. Jones was putting up career efficiency numbers midway through the season and Steichen looked like a lock to make the playoffs for the first time in three seasons as the Colts’ boss. The Colts were at 8-0, but even before Jones suffered his season-ending Achilles injury, cracks in the facade were beginning to form. His efficiency dropped in his final five games and the Colts lost four of those contests. Things got so bad after Jones went down that Phillip Rivers was drawn out of retirement for “one last job” that went as well as it does in the movies. The late-season collapse left Steichen out of the playoffs for the third time in three tries. The Colts bet the house on this iteration of the roster when they brought back Jones and Alec Pierce on pricey deals. It’s now or never for Steichen and his staff. QB: Daniel Jones, Riley Leonard , Anthony Richardson WR: Alec Pierce, Ashton Dulin WR: Josh Downs , Anthony Gould WR: Nick Westbrook-Ikhine , Deion Burks TE: Tyler Warren , Mo Alie-Cox We’ll get to Jones’ midseason slump in a minute, but viewing his Colts debut as a whole, he was wildly impressive. Jones ranked top-10 in both EPA per play and completion percent over expected. Pro Football Focus charted him with top-10 rates of both accurate and accurate plus throws. Add in five rushing touchdowns and Jones was on pace to finish as the QB8 by points per game before exiting Week 14 early. This, however, isn’t the complete story. Jones turned the ball over a staggering five times in Week 9 versus the Steelers . He stemmed the bleeding on bad plays over the next few weeks but still struggled in most efficiency metrics. Four of his five worst games by EPA per play came from Week 9 to Week 14. Jones went from averaging .344 EPA per play over his first eight games to -.03 over his final five. The big shift was his inability to handle pressure. Jones threw six touchdowns and had a 9.8 percent pressure-to-sack rate in his early-season split. Those numbers dropped to one score and a 22 percent P2S when defenses got to him from Week 9 onward. Jones has never been particularly good under pressure, so maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that his numbers came crashing back to earth. Even if that aspect of his game is here to stay, it’s also hard to deny how efficient he was to start the season. All signs point to Jones being ready for Week 1, and fantasy managers are only being asked to pay a QB25 pricetag to find out who the real Daniel Jones is. As long as Jones retains his deep ball, Alec Pierce will be happy. The veteran wideout posted a breakout season in 2025 with 1,007 yards on a paltry 47 grabs. He scored seven times and led the league in yards per reception for the second season in a row. Despite the career year, Pierce’s role as a modest-volume deep threat didn’t change. He simply hit more home runs than the previous season. It was the first 1,000-yard season for a player with an aDOT over 20 since the turn of the century. There have only been five 20+ aDOT seasons accompanied by even 700 yards over that timeframe. Naturall [... truncated ...]
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2026 NFL WR dynamic duo rankings: Cowboys' Cee Dee Lamb-George Pickens tandem among elite
While the run game has seen a resurgence in both volume and efficiency in recent seasons, the NFL remains, at its heart, a passing league in the modern era. Because it is a passing league, the value of both quarterbacks and pass catchers keeps increasing. We've seen it in recent years, with an explosion in wide receiver salaries, with superstars topping $40 million in average annual value. A superstar wideout can tilt the field in the offense's favor through both his production and the attention he draws, and that has never been more valuable. But what's more valuable than one star wideout? Well, two star wideouts, obviously. With that in mind, we here at CBS Sports decided to take a look at the top wide receiver duos in the NFL. There are plenty of dual-star duos, as well as some buoyed by one mega-star who teams with another quality player to form an elite pairing. Right now, we think there is a clear-cut top two, another tier of three and then another tier of three after that. That gives us a clear-cut top eight, with the rest of the league filling in behind. In the space below, we're going to rank those top eight duos. But before we do, we also wanted to include some honorable mentions. Honorable(-ish) Mentions: Mike Evans and Ricky Pearsall ( 49ers ), Rome Odunze and Luther Burden III ( Bears ), DJ Moore and Khalil Shakir ( Bills ), Emeka Egbuka and Chris Godwin ( Buccaneers ), Alec Pierce and Josh Downs ( Colts ), DeVonta Smith and Makai Lemon ( Eagles ), Brian Thomas Jr . and Jakobi Meyers ( Jaguars ), Christian Watson and Jayden Reed ( Packers ), Chris Olave and Jordyn Tyson ( Saints ), DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr. ( Steelers ) This Seahawks pairing would be higher on the list if we had confidence in which of Shaheed or Cooper Kupp would actually be the No. 2 wide receiver, and that they would be able to consolidate that role while the other would slide further into the background. As it stands, it's more of a target vacuum in JSN, with a couple of guys competing for second-string targets among a host of tight ends and running backs. JSN is coming off one of the better receiver seasons in recent memory, though, so he alone is enough to power the Seahawks into the top 10 of these rankings. And I could easily see them ranking much higher next year, if Shaheed consolidates the role behind him. We've got another new duo on tap here, with both players new to New England this offseason. AJB is one of the small handful of best receivers in football when he is right, but he's also coming off a relatively down season (he averaged his fewest yards per game since 2021) and turned 29 years old June 30, so we don't know if he'll be able to be at his best. Doubs, meanwhile, has always been a bit of a better player than his numbers suggest, because he's always been in such a crowded receiver room. These two guys should give Drake Maye a duo that can really win in the intermediate areas of the field, and Brown, if he rebounds, can win both short and long and create a ton of yardage after the catch. This is yet another new duo, but it could be very exciting. Waddle remains a big-play threat both on deep passes and in terms of creating yardage with the ball in his hands due to his speed. Sutton works best as an isolated X receiver on the outside. The duo gives Bo Nix a pair of wideouts who challenge defenses in markedly different ways, but who can work a lot of the same areas of the field nonetheless. Sean Payton and Davis Webb should have a lot of fun scheming them into position to succeed. Jefferson is coming off what qualifies as a down season for him, with "only" 84 catches for 1,048 yards and two scores. Addison missed time again and caught 42 passes for 610 yards and three touchdowns. They were both hamstrung by the quarterback play of J.J. McCarthy , Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer , though, and we know they have considerably more upside than what they showed last season. Jefferson remains one of the small handful of [... truncated ...]
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Steelers WR DK Metcalf vs. the NFL’s best: Does he belong in the top 25?
DK Metcalf's 2025 production didn't back up his contract, and he may not belong in the top 25 receivers in the NFL
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Trade: Alec Pierce ↔ Quentin Johnston
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Dynasty Bourbon Bowl (FootClan Edition) trade — Rome’s Commencement received: Alec Pierce. TonyShart received: Quentin Johnston
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CBS Sports speculates that Colts’ star could be ‘one of five players to force trade’
According to CBS Sports’ Garrett Podell, Indianapolis Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor is one of its five hypothetical NFL star candidates, who could force a trade in ‘Giannis like fashion’ : Only one running back has been more productive in the 2020s than Jonathan Taylor , and that’s Derrick Henry . Taylor’s 7,598 career rushing yards and 69 career rushing touchdowns in the span of his six-season NFL career are the second-most in the league behind Henry’s totals of 9,185 yards rushing and 84 rushing touchdowns. However, that gap purely comes down to workload: Henry possesses 347 more carries than Taylor (1,858 to 1,551). Taylor’s 90.5 career rushing yards per game average is the fifth best in NFL history behind only four Pro Football Hall of Famers: Jim Brown (104.3), Barry Sanders (99.8), Terrell Davis (97.5) and Eric Dickerson (90.8). Unfortunately for Taylor, the Colts have been wasting his prime with just one playoff appearance and zero playoff wins in his six seasons. That lone postseason visit came in his rookie year back in 2020 when the Colts narrowly lost at the Buffalo Bills in the wild card round. A running back’s prime is finite, and Taylor remains at the top of his game after producing the third-most rushing yards (1,585) and the most rushing touchdowns (18) in the NFL in 2025. If Colts quarterback Daniel Jones (Achilles) and wide receiver Alec Pierce (ankle) can’t get healthy in a hurry, the 27-year-old three-time Pro Bowl back may start looking around for a new home. Not many general managers around the league would keep their jobs after five seasons of postseason-less football, but somehow Chris Ballard has been able to do that in Indianapolis. Prediction on whether or not Taylor will eventually ask for a trade: Yes, by the 2026 NFL trade deadline Taylor enters the final year of his three-year, $42 million contract in 2026, so if the Colts start off slow thanks to unreliable starts to the year by Jones and Pierce, it would be in both the franchise’s and Taylor’s best interest to part ways at the trade deadline. Compensation to get the deal done: Third-round pick The Carolina Panthers were able to get a 2023 second-round pick, a 2024 third-round pick, a 2023 fourth-round pick and a 2024 fifth-round pick for Christian McCaffrey in 2022, but CMC was a year younger than Taylor is today. Plus, McCaffrey had multiple years left on his contract while Taylor is set to become a free agent in 2027. Likely landing spot: Pittsburgh Steelers Should the Steelers get off to a hot start in Aaron Rodgers ‘ swan song with his pal Mike McCarthy back as his head coach, Pittsburgh could go all in on the future Hall of Famer’s last season. Jaylen Warren is a nice change-of-pace back, and Rico Dowdle is someone McCarthy said in Dallas could stand to work on his vision as a runner. Taylor would give McCarthy the bell-cow back he’s missed since Ezekiel Elliott’s decline and Tony Pollard’s fibula injury in the 2022 postseason while coaching the Cowboys . Now, there are a few things to clear up here. One, the 27-year-old Taylor, who’s entering the last year of a 3-year, $42 million contract extension he signed back in October of 2023, is not presently unhappy with the Colts. In fact, when recently asked publicly, Taylor has indicated that he’d like to retire a Colt with a new contract extension in place. So far though, the Colts have reportedly shown ‘little initiative’ when it comes to extending their key players up for new contracts after 2026 , which also notably includes perennial All-Pro starting left guard Quenton Nelson along with Taylor. Two, just because contract negotiations with Taylor got contentious between both sides back in the 2023 offseason , which resulted in the Colts star workhorse requesting a trade, it doesn’t mean that the same rocky road will be followed again regarding future extension talks. There is transitioned ownership in place regarding Colts team owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon and [... truncated ...]
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ESPN’s Bill Barnwell ranks Colts ‘playmaking core’ slightly better than league average
According to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, the Indianapolis Colts’ playmaking core; specifically, their top running back, wide receiver, and tight end collectively rank as slightly above league average–coming in at #14 overall : 14. Indianapolis Colts 2025 rank: 16 | 2024 rank: 22 Even after trading Michael Pittman Jr., the Colts sport above-average or better contributors at all three spots we’re considering here. Their playmakers all looked much better in 2025 with better quarterback play, but none made a bigger leap than Alec Pierce , who finally saw steady deep-ball opportunities throughout the season. Pierce averaged 2.2 yards per route run during his breakout campaign, which was good for 14th in the league among wideouts. I still think there’s some potential for Pierce to take another step forward in 2026, while Josh Downs should see more market share after the Pittman trade. He has been efficient out of the slot. There are stars away from wide receiver too. Jonathan Taylor was an Offensive Player of the Year contender for most of the season before fading down the stretch, generating big plays as both a rusher and receiver by shrugging off and running past tackle attempts. And Tyler Warren was a Swiss Army knife for coach Shane Steichen as a rookie, lining up at just about every conceivable spot on the field and creating havoc for opposing linebackers and defensive coordinators. He was on pace to top 1,000 receiving yards as a rookie before the offense broke down after Daniel Jones got hurt. I’m a little concerned that Pierce is more of a really high-end WR2 than a legitimate WR1 in a very good offense, but if the Colts’ wide receivers can hold up their end of the bargain, Taylor and Warren are top-five at their respective spots. Even though star workhorse Jonathan Taylor faded a bit down the 2025 season’s stretch, after initially being a bona fide NFL MVP candidate earlier in the year, he remains a Top 5 running back in the sport overall. Namely, his diminished production later in the season coincided with starting quarterback Daniel Jones’s fractured fibula, and ultimately, with the latter’s season-ending Achilles injury–which derailed the Colts season entirely. Still, Taylor rushed for 1,585 rushing yards and a league-leading 18 rushing touchdowns on his 323 carries–en route to Pro Bowl honors for a consecutive season. Meanwhile, entering a contract year, the 26-year-old Alec Pierce had a breakout season in Indianapolis, cementing himself as one of the league’s elite deep threats and his newfound role as the Colts lead wideout. The Colts rewarded him with what was a historic contract extension earlier this offseason, and the hope is that he’ll only continue to grow and blossom into a more well-rounded wide receiver regarding his overall route-running and receiving skill-set. With Pittman Jr. out of the picture following a trade to Pittsburgh , like Tyler Warren below here, Pierce appears poised for a larger receiving role headed into the 2025 campaign. The hope is that he can continue to be legit #1 wideout, and who knows, maybe even crack the backend of the Top 10 wideouts currently in the NFL league-wide. Lastly, Tyler Warren, the Colts first round pick from 2025, had a very impressive rookie debut, even earning Pro Bowl honors. Specifically, Warren caught 76 receptions for 817 total receiving yards and 4 rushing touchdowns last year, while adding 1 rushing touchdown on the ground. Like Taylor, his play dipped a bit in Jones’s late season absence, but he’s expected to see an even larger role with Pittman Jr.’s departure, as previously denoted. While he’s still young at 24-years-old, Warren could crack into the back half of the Top 5 tight ends in the NFL
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Alec Pierce’s absence should make the Colts fidget in their seats
Before the ink was dry on a brand new $114 million deal, Alec Pierce found himself undergoing ankle surgery which carried a 4-6 month timetable. This isn’t to imply that anything was calculated or malicious, but that was some bad timing because that’s a lot of time on the shelf. The hope was to avoid surgery altogether, but the highest paid receiver by a mile on the Indianapolis Colts is going to have a lot of rust to shake off in short order. While the surgery was a success and no lingering issues are expected, the amount of time missed is problematic. On the long end of things, his recovery bumps right up against the regular season. Even with how well Pierce played last year, getting back to that level doesn’t happen overnight. Any time missed from training camp or the offseason in general hurts. Yes, he had a fantastic season in 2025, but I wouldn’t consider him an established talent who can afford to miss time. The Colts have to be feeling a little uneasy because not only is Pierce out, the laundry list of injured players is starting to pile up. Headlining that list is the quarterback. Daniel Jones looks good in his recovery, but his availability to start the season is still unknown. Could the Colts go into 2026 without their quarterback and top wideout? Michael Pittman Jr. is gone, so the drop-off is even more stark. The prospect of a bunch of backups filling in for starters is uncomfortable at best. The Colts don’t just need a healthy Alec Pierce; they need an even higher level player than last year’s stud. He has to bring it for the Colts to be successful. There are good to great players on the offense outside of Pierce, but a team’s number one receiver has to show up. At this point, showing up on the field in general is the bigger concern. Ideally, he recovers on the short side of the window and is back in action with plenty of time before September. If not, expect the fidgeting to increase
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NFL minicamp overreactions: Kyler Murray blowing chance as Vikings QB1? Colts regretting Alec Pierce deal?
We are inching ever closer to the start of the 2026 NFL season. Until we get to Seattle for the Week 1 opener between the Seahawks and Patriots , however, we have to make do with what we've got: offseason workouts. Fortunately for us, the offseason program is getting a shot in the arm over the next week as it transitions from OTAs to mandatory minicamp. Unlike OTAs, minicamp is mandatory, which means we're getting as close to a full view of each franchise as we can at this point in the year. While full contact is reserved for training camp later this summer, this period allows us to take the temperature of various players, position battles and each team's overall outlook for the upcoming campaign. Because we're starved for football, we'll naturally inflate every rep, who is playing alongside whom and any other nugget that leaks out of these minicamp workouts. To help sift through the storylines, we're going to highlight some of the more notable narratives coming out of camps and determine whether they're worth taking stock of or merely overreactions. Overreactions or reality : Overreaction One of the top storylines throughout the NFL right now is the quarterback battle between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy . Given the stakes of Minnesota either contending in the NFC North or faltering for the second straight year depending on how this competition shakes out, it's naturally going to be put under the microscope. Since Murray arrived following his release from the Cardinals, he's been viewed as having the inside track at the starting job over McCarthy, who struggled mightily in 2025. However, alarm bells began ringing after Tuesday's minicamp session. As noted by ESPN , Murray got the first crack at 7-on-7 reps and threw interceptions on his first two passes. He also said one of the more difficult aspects of adjusting to Minnesota's offense has been splitting reps amid this competition. "The toughest part is, again, I was [in Arizona] for seven years. I know I had two different offensive systems, but at the same time you're getting all those reps," Murray said this week . "Now, having to split reps, me already being behind, not getting the amount of reps you would typically want a guy to get learning the offense, that's probably the toughest part." While the Vikings would probably like to see Murray hit the ground running, I don't think this rises to the level of him losing much ground in this battle with McCarthy. As Murray noted, he's not only in the early stages of learning the offense, but he's also getting just a slice of the reps, which creates an even steeper uphill climb. This is still very early in the process, and Murray's experience and talent should continue to give him the inside track at the job. If he continues to throw interceptions during training camp and falters in his limited reps, then we can put him on alert. Overreaction vs. reality : Reality The Chicago Bears were one of the surprise teams of 2025, winning the NFC North in Year 1 of the Ben Johnson era. As they look to carry that momentum into 2026, the battle to protect Caleb Williams ' blindside is one of the key storylines of these offseason workouts. Currently, Braxton Jones , Jedrick Wills Jr. and Kiran Amegadjie are the top players duking it out, and it appears we have an early leader in the clubhouse. As noted by ESPN , Jones has taken all of the first-team reps this spring after re-signing with the team on a one-year deal earlier this offseason. Jones, a fifth-round pick in 2022, had a tumultuous 2025 campaign that included injuries and a benching. However, it seems he has a fresh start this year, and Ben Johnson even acknowledged that the tackle is "a lot more comfortable in what's being asked of him." With Wills, who signed a one-year deal with Chicago in March, working with the third-team unit at points during camp, it appears Jones will line up as the Bears' starting left tackle when they open training camp. Overreactions or real [... truncated ...]
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3 Colts starters miss the final day of mandatory Minicamp
The last day of the Colts to prepare for the season prior to July’s training camp has wrapped up, with numerous key players missing the mandatory minicamp practices due to injury. This includes 3 starters as well as key depth and competition for other starting/high snap rotation spots around the roster. Starting outside WR Alec Pierce is dealing with an ankle injury. The newly paid deep threat wideout underwent offseason ankle surgery in March and is expected to miss some of training camp as well while he rehabs from surgery. His return is expected to be in late July/early August in the middle of the training camp schedule. He is expected to earn a larger role as he shows continual growth as a route runner and his outside WR running mate Michael Pittman Jr. was traded in the offseason to free up cap space to retain Pierce and his QB Daniel Jones . DeForest Buckner did attend minicamp, but didn’t participate in drills due to his neck injury that he suffered in the 2025 season. The Colts are being cautious with their 32 year old veteran star Defensive Tackle, but he is determined to be out there for his final year of his contract. He was non-committal in his specific return date to offseason practices, but stated that the goal is to be out there Week 1 of the regular season. At Cornerback the Colts have a quartet of absences, beginning with their starting outside Cornerback 2 Charvarious “Mooney” Ward. Ward dealt with a trio of concussions in his first year with the Colts in 2025 and is considering wearing a guardian cap on his helmet in 2026 to help prevent further concussions. He is currently dealing with an undisclosed back injury. Free Agent signing Cam Taylor-Britt also is dealing with an foot injury. He suffered a Lisfranc injury in midgame in Week 11 during the 2025 season, which he likely is still recovering from. He signed for the veteran minimum after being a key starter for Colts DC Lou Anarumo during their time together with the Cincinnati Bengals . Former 2023-2024 starting CB Jaylon Jones was also absent from minicamp as well as 11 game starter in 2025 Mekhi Blackmon following injuries to other corners high on the depth chart last year. Their current reasons for being absent from minicamp is undisclosed at this time. Rookie Guard Jalen Farmer missed minicamp with a knee injury. The former Kentucky Wildcat is expected to compete for the starting Right Guard job in training camp, and the Colts are being cautious with his injury right now to prepare him for that battle. Should the Colts be worried with so many starters and expected roster-spot earning players out? Not yet. The Colts have over a month and a half before camp begins and they are being careful with their players dealing with injury so far. If most of these injuries persist throughout camp and past the expected return dates for some players… then the Colts should worry
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Colts WR Alec Pierce shares more details on ankle injury and ongoing recovery timeline
During ‘Day 2’ of mandatory team veteran minicamp, Indianapolis Colts starting wide receiver Alec Pierce shared more specifics on his initial ankle injury, which following a late March minor cleanup surgery, has an expected 4-6 month timeline of recovery ( via FOX59/CBS4’s Mike Chappell ): That means that it’s realistically possible that Pierce could miss at least a handful of weeks of Colts training camp, when it kicks off next month in late July. He was seen walking around gingerly with a brace on his left ankle during Wednesday minicamp session (via WishNews8 and WRTV’s Angela Moryan) . Per the IndyStar’s Nathan Brown, Pierce received a PRP injection following the end of the 2025 campaign, which was considered a potential ‘bandaid’ in the interim until a full determination could be made on whether his injured ankle would eventually heal itself on its own. It admittedly did not after six-to-eight weeks of allotted recovery time, meaning minor cleanup surgery was then recommended by his doctors, which Pierce underwent earlier this offseason shortly thereafter. Having signed a historic 4-year, $114 million contract (with $84 million guaranteed), it’s possible that the Colts blazing fast, elite downfield threat could have a slower start out of the gates to the 2026 regular season—as he works himself back into pristine physical football shape and coming off the minor ankle cleanup surgery. That being said, this doesn’t appear to be a cause for long-term injury concern for Pierce. Rather, the Colts will just have to be fully patient with his ongoing ankle rehabilitation and recovery—even if it takes the entire 6 month timeline for him to actually be fully cleared to play football again. It is a cause for concern though, at least in training camp and the early regular season, because the Colts already saw longtime veteran wideout Michael Pittman Jr. be traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier this offseason, so it’s a receiving corps that’s more depleted on the outside than it’s been in more recent seasons. The Colts are now paying Pierce a lot of lucrative dollars, not to just be their lead wideout again, but an all-around, complete wideout to be one of their top offensive playmakers collectively. They’ll have to hope that he returns to the football field sooner rather than later
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Alec Pierce may be sidelined well into training camp after ankle procedure
Colts WR Alec Pierce underwent ankle surgery and is expected to miss significant time, potentially through training camp and the preseason. The injury has bothered him since 2024 and required a four-to-six-month recovery
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Daniel Jones won't do 11-on-11 work at minicamp
Colts QB Daniel Jones will not participate in 11-on-11 drills during mandatory minicamp as he continues to recover from a torn Achilles. While he has progressed to 7-on-7 drills and expressed a desire to return to full team work, the team wants to wait until training camp. Other Colts, WR Alec Pierce and DT DeForest Buckner, will also miss minicamp due to injury
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Daniel Jones won't do 11-on-11 work at minicamp
One of the final steps of Colts quarterback Daniel Jones’s return from a torn Achilles will have to wait until training camp. Jones will not do any 11-on-11 work during this week’s mandatory minicamp. Jones moved up to 7-on-7 drills earlier in the offseason program and said on Tuesday that he asked to move up to full team work, but the Colts will opt to wait for camp to move forward on that front. Jones also gave a snapshot of where he feels he stands on the path back toward full strength. “I think I’m closer ,” Jones said. “I think there’s still work to be done. I wouldn’t say I’m all the way there at this point. I feel good about where I am and where the rehab’s taken me to this point. Still work to do and still got to make some progress, but I feel like I’m in a good spot.” While Jones will be waiting to move up to 11-on-11 work, a couple of other Colts will be waiting to do any on-field work at all. Wide receiver Alec Pierce (ankle) and defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (neck) won’t practice this week, and head coach Shane Steichen said that the plan is to get both players on the field when the team reports to training camp this summer
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Alec Pierce: May miss start of training camp
Coach Shane Steichen acknowledged that Alec Pierce, recovering from an offseason ankle procedure, may not be ready for the start of training camp
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