To start out the 2024 season, the Indianapolis Colts are 0-2. Each losses have been in one-score video games. In Week 1, the Colts had been at house to face their divisional rival, the Houston Texans. The Colts misplaced 29-27 and their protection allowed 447 yards offensively to the Texans.
Towards the Packers in Week 2, the Colts’ protection was dominated once more. Inexperienced Bay carried the ball 53 instances in Week 2 for 261 speeding yards. Indianapolis’ protection has struggled of their first two video games. On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that DeForest Bucker is being positioned on the IR with a excessive ankle sprain. A large loss on protection for a unit that was already struggling early in 2024.
DeForest Bucker is headed to the IR with a excessive ankle sprain
Following the MRI, the #Colts positioned DT DeForest Buckner on IR. He’s out 4 video games. https://t.co/NMkCXoiJrM
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 17, 2024
Within the first spherical of the 2016 NFL draft, DeForest Buckner was the seventh general choose by the San Francisco 49ers out of Oregon. Buckner began all 63 video games he performed with the Niners, recording 28.5 sacks and 166 solo tackles. After the 2019 season, San Francisco traded their gifted defensive lineman to the Indianapolis Colts. That’s the place the 30-year-old has performed for the final 5 seasons. He missed one recreation resulting from damage in 4 seasons with the 49ers. In his first 4 seasons with the Colts, the All-Professional didn’t miss any time. That got here to an finish in 2024 after Buckner suffered an ankle sprain.
Now, the Colts have positioned him on the IR and he’ll miss a minimum of the following 4 video games. The following recreation Buckner is eligible to return to is Week 7 vs. the Miami Dolphins. That could possibly be the identical week Miami will get Tua Tagovailoa again. Indy’s defensive position goes to take an enormous hit with DeForest Bucker being positioned on the IR. He was undoubtedly their greatest participant defensively with eight sacks in every of his final two seasons. In Week 3, the Colts are at house to face Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears.
