Anthony Richardson is expected to obtain his most extensive action of the pre-season when the colts and the packers compete on Saturday.
Westfield, Ind – Jordan Love introduced himself in Thursday training with a red jersey and a bucket hat, his injured left thumb in a protective cast.
At a short distance, on a second field, Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones resumed their battle to become the Indianapolis ‘colts’ starter.
Yes, the joint practice between the Packers of Green Bay and the Colts just outside Indianapolis has gone like any other training camp – all the eyes studying the good, the bad and the ugly of the quarters.
“I had a ligament torn in my thumb and we did a surgery to repair it. So on the path of recovery, ” Love said in its first public comments Since he had the procedure earlier this week on his hand without launch. “If it was in the middle of the season, we would probably have done something on which we have not undergone surgery. But with it being always early, having time to recover and be fully ready for week 1, the recommendation was for surgery.”
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Hope is that love is starting to go back next week and will have a few additional weeks to recover before the opening of the season of September 7 of Green Bay against Detroit. LOVE said he had not been decided if he will participate in the joint practice of next week with Seattle.
So for the moment, Malik Willis directs the offense. The director general of packers, Brian Gutekunst, told journalists on Tuesday that love would be absent at least a week.
“I think the yield, we could do some things differently just to protect the thumb for the moment,” said Love. “This is one of those things where, after being operated on, you don’t want to return there and reintegrate it before the season. So we will be smart with it.”
Love was injured in the final game of the second Green Bay series during last week’s defeat against the New York Jets. At the start, he said he didn’t think something was wrong, but he talked about coaches to see what they thought. While he practiced Monday, Love made transfers with his right hand instead of his left.
Meanwhile, the colts have still not announced that will start his first match against Miami.
Richardson is expected to obtain its most extensive action of pre-season when the colts and packers compete on Saturday. Coach Shane Steichen said earlier this week that he planned to use Jones for the first two series and that Richardson take most of the pictures in the first half.
This assumes that Richardson remains healthy. He missed some of Indy’s off-season training sessions with a painful shoulder, then dislocated his little finger on his launch hand when loss of pre-season last week in Baltimore. The coaches put their finger in place, but Richardson did not take another snap against the Ravens because he could not properly grasp the ball.
On Saturday, he was back on the training field.
Jones and Richardson continued to share shots on Thursday, both in turn with starters and backups.
But while another week approaches its end, no starter was appointed.
“I think it’s natural,” said Jones when he was asked if he wondered when a winner will emerge. “I think that in this position, obviously, you are aware of it and think about it. But I think you know that this strategy for me and anyone in this situation is a little concentrated as much as you can on what you need to do. ”
Colts coach, Shane Steichen, and Packers Matt Lafleur coach looked more than quarters, especially after the miserable performances of the two teams’ opening.
Towards the end of training, the packers were credited with a jones bag, which then launched an interception when the game continued.
He was far from alone to make a mistake.
“I think our youth has shown a little today in some cases with the injuries we have,” said Tucker Kraft, packers, packers. “We are here, complete pads, while waiting for great things of some of the guys we raise and I think we have just left meat on the bone.”
Injury report
The Colts receiver Josh Downs suffered an injury to the hamstrings during training. Steichen had no update on the severity of the injury. Steichen also said that defensive winger Samson Ebukam had a back injury.
