The Indianapolis Colts released their final injury report of the week ahead of Sunday’s Week 11 matchup with the New York Jets.
Before kickoff, let’s take one last look at what you need to know following Friday’s injury designations:
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– Bernhard Raimann has been ruled out. He sustained a knee injury in the first half of last week’s game against the Buffalo Bills and did not return. He then missed all three days of practice this week. Shane Steichen would call Raimann week to week and added that the injury isn’t long-term. Presumably, with Raimann out, rookie Matt Goncalves will get the start again. Goncalves will be tasked with containing Jets’ edge rusher Will McDonald.
– The only other player with an injury designation is linebacker EJ Speed, who is working through a knee injury. Speed is listed as questionable, but after being a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, he was a full participant on Friday. Of note, it was a knee injury that kept Speed out of the Colts’ matchup with Miami earlier this season.
– Michael Pittman does not have an injury designation and will return to the lineup for the Colts this week. Obviously, this is great news for a passing game that has struggled, but as I’ve already discussed, AD Mitchell shouldn’t be forgotten about either when it comes to playing time. He’s not going to out-snap Pittman, Josh Downs, or Alec Pierce, but the 12 snaps per game he was averaging between Weeks 3-9 aren’t enough either.
