The Colts might be with out their complete inside offensive line Saturday. After they dominated out Ryan Kelly and Mark Glowinski, the Colts positioned Quenton Nelson on their reserve/COVID-19 checklist.
A 3-time All-Pro, Nelson is Indianapolis’ prime offensive lineman and arguably the NFL’s premier guard. But, after Glowinski’s positive coronavirus test, Nelson is not going to be with the group in Arizona, both.
Indianapolis has handled availability points throughout its O-line this season, however this might be a activity for Carson Wentz, Jonathan Taylor and Co. Nelson did miss three video games earlier this 12 months, and he underwent foot surgical procedure throughout coaching camp. But the previous top-10 choose got here again in Week 7 and had not missed any time since. Nelson turned a four-time Pro Bowler this week and is on observe towards a record-setting guard extension in 2022.
FiveThirtyEight.com pegs the Colts’ playoff probabilities at 89% going into Week 16, however the 8-6 group’s depth might be examined. The Colts used Chris Reed rather than Nelson earlier this season. If Nelson is unvaccinated, he would miss the Colts’ Week 17 sport — in opposition to the Raiders — as effectively. Nelson was unvaccinated going into the season, having been an in depth contact earlier than Week 1.
