Overview
- Head coach Shane Steichen confirmed Buckner will not be activated from injured reserve for Week 15, though the defensive tackle practiced on a limited basis after his return window opened.
- By practicing this week, Buckner entered a 21-day period in which he can be added back to the 53-man roster once doctors clear him.
- Buckner said scans showed a herniated disc pressing on a nerve after his Week 9 injury, describing significant left-side weakness that led him to seek stem-cell injections in Panama and complete weeks of rehab.
- Indianapolis' secondary remains thin as Sauce Gardner logged a fourth consecutive DNP with a calf injury and is expected to miss time, while Charvarius Ward Sr. was placed on injured reserve due to concussion issues.
- At 8-5 following Daniel Jones’ season-ending Achilles tear, the Colts signed Philip Rivers to the practice squad and kept Riley Leonard practicing fully as quarterback options for Seattle.