The Colts had six inactive players for their Week 2 game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, closing the book on a week that featured several injury-related roster changes under Shane Steichen.
On Friday, the Colts ruled out Ashton Dulin after he did not participate in practice last week with an ankle injury. The team also ruled out Sauce Gardner, Anthony Gould and Braden Smith on Friday, leaving several spots in question heading into the weekend.
The situation shifted again on Saturday when the Colts elevated Anthony Gould from the practice squad to the active roster, then placed DeForest Buckner, Drew Ogletree and Anthony Gould on injured reserve. The team later ruled out Sauce Gardner and Anthony Gould again, adding to the uncertainty around the game-day group.
By Sunday, Bernhard Raimann had been downgraded to out. That left the Colts to announce six inactive players for the matchup at Arrowhead Stadium, a short-handed group that reflected the injuries and status changes that built through the week.
The Colts had already been dealing with earlier injury rulings for Samson Ebukam, Tyquan Lewis, Josh Downs, Ashton Dulin and Tyler Goodson, so the Week 2 inactive list was part of a larger availability picture rather than a one-off change. For a road game against the Chiefs, that kind of turnover can affect both depth and weekly planning.
For the Colts, the immediate question is less about surprise and more about adaptation. With so many players moving on and off the report, Shane Steichen and his staff were forced to navigate a game day roster shaped by injuries, late-week updates and the realities of a long season.
