The Colts ended their standoff with Jonathan Taylor final October, assuring the operating again would stick in Indy for the foreseeable future. With the previous All-Professional locked in, the Colts entrance workplace needed to watch as key backup Zack Moss took a beginning gig with the Bengals this offseason.
Taylor has missed 13 video games over the previous two years, which means the Colts RB2 ought to be in line for a major function. With that in thoughts, ESPN’s Stephen Holder notes that veteran Trey Sermon is the “likeliest choice” to take over that high backup gig following a standout efficiency at OTAs. Holder factors out how Sermon’s “hard-running model” may very well be interesting to the Colts, and his familiarity with the offense offers him some leeway for the RB2 job.
The previous third-round decide collected 193 yards with the 49ers as a rookie, however he was rapidly squeezed out of a crowded RBs room. He spent the 2022 marketing campaign in Philly earlier than catching on with the Colts final yr. He ended up entering into 14 video games with Indy, accumulating 173 yards from scrimmage.
He ought to see an uptick in these numbers subsequent season, even when Taylor stays comparatively wholesome. The staff doesn’t have many different skilled choices on the place, though each Evan Hulland Tyler Goodson deliver their very own intrigue. Hull was a fifth-round decide in final yr’s draft, however the Northwestern product spent the vast majority of his rookie marketing campaign on IR. Goodson was additionally on the Colts in 2023, accumulating 121 yards on 19 touches. Zavier Scott and Trent Pennix spherical out the depth chart.
“I like the room,” Sermon stated of his fellow RBs (by way of “Locked On Colts” on YouTube). “Everyone’s slightly bit totally different, however we’re all nice operating backs. We compete, we push one another. If one among us makes a giant play, we’re all excited for one another.”
