.Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 7, 2024, 12:20 PM ETCloseStephen participated in ESPN in 2022, dealing with the Indianapolis Colts and also NFL unconfined. Stephen completed starting point in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, as well as he is a previous top-10 victor in explanatory writing in the Associated Press Sports Editors nationwide contest. He has narrated the NFL considering that 2005, covering the Tampa florida Gulf Buccaneers from 2005-2013 as well as the Colts since 2013. He has actually previously worked with the Miami Adviser, Tampa Florida Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and also The Athletic.WESTFIELD, Ind.-- Indianapolis Colts beginning pass receiver Josh Downs left exercise with an ankle personal injury Wednesday morning, needing the aid of pair of team wage earners to leave behind the field before being carried on a pushcart to the locker room.The Colts performed certainly not divulge specific information concerning the trauma, yet a source said to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that Downs suffered a high ankle joint sprain.Downs, entering his 2nd NFL season, is an important participant of the Colts' affront after catching 68 passes for 771 lawns last period-- second on the team in both categories.Editor's Picks1 RelatedAdding to the stress of the accident was actually the truth that it could have been possible to avoid. Downs was actually tackled coming from behind on the play through safety and security Nick Cross as Downs was actually walking out of bounds after capturing a brief pass coming from quarterback Anthony Richardson. Better, the play came in a 7-on-7 time frame where physicality is normally discouraged.Coach Shane Steichen was actually crucial of Cross' take on, mentioning, "Our company have actually come to be actually clever. Our team are actually completing like crazy however we have actually come to keep off the ground and we can't go down, income." Steichen admonished Cross on the field observing the play, also while Downs was actually still being actually joined to.Speaking to reporters after strategy, Cross mentioned, "We're contending, playing regulation football. Josh is my individual. I adore him to death." If Downs is out for a lengthy time frame, it increases the stakes in the war for the Colts' No. 3 pass receiver blotch behind No. 1 Michael Pittman Jr. as well as Downs at No. 2. Veteran Alec Pierce and newbie Adonai Mitchell have actually been actually rotating along with the starting outburst, along with trains waiting on one to different. Each have actually presented notable improvement in recent methods, and also trains expect each will contribute in the outburst.