US EditionColts’ DeForest Buckner Aggravates Neck Injury, Placed on IR
- On Friday, Coach Shane Steichen said cornerback Sauce Gardner is expected to play on Sunday after returning to practice following a calf injury and missing three games.
- DeForest Buckner's return was cut short after he re-aggravated a herniated disk on Monday Night Football, leading the Colts to place the Pro Bowl defensive tackle on injured reserve Friday, ending his season.
- Acquired in a deadline trade, Gardner has appeared in three games and recorded 13 tackles and one pass deflection while earning two All-Pro and two Pro Bowl honors.
- Getting Gardner back provides a boost as the Colts battle a five-game losing streak, while Buckner's absence removes a veteran with 47 tackles and key leadership.
- With the disk pressing on a nerve, Buckner is expected to have surgery next week, and Steichen said he 'Wants to be out there for his team. But hopefully everything will go good; the procedure will be good.
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Buckner Out, Gardner In; Colts Prep for Jaguars
Source: Dylan Buell / Getty INDIANAPOLIS — The 8-7 Indianapolis Colts are getting ready to take on the 11-4 Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend without several key players. “We’re going to be ruling out Tanor Bortolini, Anthony Gould, Drew Ogletree, and JT Tuimoloau,” Head Coach Shane Steichen said in a press conference on Friday. “Also, we’re going to put DeForest Buckner on season-ending IR. He reaggravated his neck in the game, which is going t…
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Sauce rejoins Colts, but Buckner's season is over
Colts star cornerback Sauce Gardner will play Sunday after missing 3 games because of injury, but Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner will miss the rest of the season after aggravating a herniated disk in his neck.
Colts’ DeForest Buckner aggravates neck injury, placed on IR
INDIANAPOLIS – DeForest Buckner tried, but his body resisted. A cornerstone of the Indianapolis Colts’ defense will be placed on the season-ending injured reserve list after aggravating a neck injury in Monday night’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers. “It’s obviously an unfortunate situation,’’ Shane Steichen said Friday, adding the team anticipates Buckner returning for [...]
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