Colts place DT DeForest Buckner (ankle) on IR

The Indianapolis Colts positioned Professional Bowl defensive deal with DeForest Buckner on injured reserve Tuesday on account of a reported excessive ankle sprain.

Buckner, 30, was carted off within the third quarter of the Colts’ 16-10 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Sunday. Packers operating again Emanuel Wilson fell on Buckner’s ankle, inflicting it to bend awkwardly.

The sturdy veteran, who has missed simply two video games with accidents in his nine-year profession, will miss no less than 4 video games, per league guidelines. The earliest he’ll be eligible to return is an Oct. 20 matchup towards the visiting Miami Dolphins.

Buckner has 1.5 sacks and 7 tackles in two video games (one begin) thus far. He has 62.5 profession sacks with the San Francisco 49ers (2016-19) and Colts. He has began 126 of the 131 video games he is performed in, making the Professional Bowl 3 times and incomes first-team All-Professional honors in 2020.

Buckner signed a two-year extension with the Colts in April, a deal that takes impact subsequent season. He is within the closing 12 months of a four-year, $84 million deal.

The Colts on Tuesday additionally signed defensive finish Genard Avery to the energetic roster. Avery missed all of final season after a preseason damage resulted in surgical procedure on his LCL/meniscus. Avery has 106 tackles, 29 quarterback hits and eight.5 sacks in 62 profession video games (17 begins) with the Cleveland Browns (2018-19), Philadelphia Eagles (2019-21) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2022).

Different strikes by the Colts Tuesday embody signing defensive deal with Adam Gotsis, cornerback Gregory Junior and defensive finish Titus Leo to the observe squad and releasing defensive deal with McTelvin Agim and cornerback Ameer Pace from the observe squad.

The Colts (0-2) subsequent face the Chicago Bears (1-1) in Indianapolis on Sunday.

–Subject Stage Media