Josh Downs Misses Practice, Adds to Colts WR Woes

The Colts injuries at receiver continue to stack up, as Josh Downs also missed Saturday’s practice, joining star WR Alec Pierce on the sideline.

Downs suffered a groin injury, but the team did not go into further detail on the severity or provide a possible timeline for his return.

The Colts are already without Pierce, who has been on the PUP list since undergoing ankle surgery following his 4-year, $116M extension. There is currently no timeline for when Pierce will return to practice.

The timing of Downs’ injury only makes Indianapolis situation at receiver more interesting. Earlier this week, before Downs suffered the groin injury, I wrote a piece about how the Colts might be regretting trading Adonai Mitchell, who is now glowing with the Jets.

At the time, Indianapolis could afford to move on with Alec Pierce and Josh Downs leading the receiver room. Now, both are sidelined, and the receiver depth behind them is being tested before the season has even started.

With both Downs and Pierce out, Indianapolis currently has Ashton Dulin, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Anthony Gould working with the 1st-team offense.

That’s a much different receiving group than the Colts were expecting to have around their offense during training camp.

There is still time before Week 1, and Downs’ injury timeline remains unclear, but the Colts can’t afford to have Pierce and Downs miss any downtime when the season rolls around.