Practice Notebook: Indianapolis Colts RB Jonathan Taylor Fully Participates, Hopes ‘Things Keep Trending In The Right Direction’

Colts strolling returned Jonathan Taylor become indexed as a complete player withinside the Colts` Thursday exercise on the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center.

Taylor, who sustained an ankle damage in Week four in opposition to the Tennessee Titans and did now no longer play in Weeks five and 6, spoke to the media earlier than exercise and stated he hopes he can play on Sunday in opposition to the Titans at Nissan Stadium.
“I would like to,” Taylor stated. “Hopefully matters hold going within side the proper direction. I’m ill I needed to omit out on balling with the men the beyond weeks, however I without a doubt would like to (as lengthy as) matters hold trending within side the proper direction.”
Taylor become indexed as a restricted player in exercise closing week and become downgraded from questionable to out on Saturday. “You simply understand while you are now no longer proper,” Taylor stated. “When you are available – you realize your body, I’m now no longer transferring the proper way. You simply understand the ones matters. And of route the revel in that the schooling personnel have, they understand as well. So it become only a difficult decision, however I simply wasn’t capin a position to.”
“It become possibly wishful wondering through me, however in my mind, I concept he become going to be equipped,” head train Frank Reich stated. “I did. I understand how difficult he’s and I understand he become doing the whole thing he may want to to get available however after speakme to the medical doctors and running shoes later within side the week, it become like, I concept he become going to be equipped. He’s simply now no longer pretty there. We’re all looking to push it. I assume he become looking to push it and we simply failed to pretty get there.”
Without Taylor and strolling returned Nyheim Hines (concussion), the Colts nevertheless were given robust manufacturing from their strolling returned room, led through Deon Jackson’s 10 catches for seventy nine yards with a speeding score, too. “It simply indicates the whole global that this strolling returned room is extra than successful and equipped in any situation,” Taylor stated. “Every unmarried one of the men can cross in there and execute as a excessive level. I assume that’ll purpose troubles for a number of defenses – they thin, oh, if one guy’s down, we are able to sort of loosen up off of the strolling backs. But you can’t. Everyone that receives in there is prepared and equipped to make plays.”
Thursday’s exercise report, wherein linebacker Shaquille Leonard become additionally indexed as a complete player: