In a season already defined by bad injury luck, Indianapolis got another scare when Charvarius Ward entered concussion protocol for the third time in 2025 and was later moved to injured reserve.

The Colts, who just watched Daniel Jones tear his Achilles and saw Riley Leonard pop up with a knee issue, are suddenly trying to hold their playoff hopes together with backups all over the depth chart.

With Sauce Gardner sidelined by a calf injury and DeForest Buckner already on IR, the secondary and defense as a whole are being stretched to the limit.

Amid that chaos came a wave of speculation that Ward, after yet another head injury, might simply walk away from the game. Adam Schefter poured cold water on that talk, reporting on X that Ward has no intention of retiring despite being s

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