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The Colts’ first-ever training camp night practice was a smash hit.
Westfield, IN — For the first time, the Indianapolis Colts hosted a nighttime practice for training camp. With two massive light fixtures illuminating Grand Park’s southernmost field, aka Field 2, the 2025-26 Colts got a taste of primetime football exactly one week before the preseason slate begins.
Former Colts TE Jack Doyle kicked off the festivities by addressing the crowd before officially swearing in said night practice, which ran from 8-10 PM EST — a practice that was chock-full of team periods with special teams and a couple of walkthroughs sprinkled in.
It was an evening that figuratively began with fireworks and literally ended with fireworks (+ a lightshow that included a Colts horseshoe and a message that read ‘For Jim’). Not only was it the longest practice to date, but it turned out to be a terrific evening for all parties involved and, hopefully, an inaugural beginning.
The aforementioned figurative fireworks refer to that of the offense’s flashy evening, an aggressive script that took advantage of the slightly beat-up Colts defense. Both Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones had their fair share of explosives throughout the night, especially early on.
To start, Daniel Jones ran with the starters for the first three 11-on-11 sessions. The first of which was a drive that had the offense starting at their own 30-yard line. Jones went 4-4 through the air while averaging no more than 5 yards depth of target: a well-timed out to Josh Downs, a low-thrown pass to Michael Pittman Jr. leaking in the flats who fell because of it, a screen to Jonathan Taylor for minimal yardage, and another completion to Pittman Jr. in the flats.
Anthony Richardson went 2-3 and scrambled once in his first of three 11-on-11 periods with the second team. His lone incompletion in this period was a well-thrown ball dropped into TE Drew Ogletree, who couldn’t hold after the defender jarred it loose. Richardson’s two completions were to Ashton Dulin, a connection that would evolve as practice goes on. One was a 15-yard dart from Richardson, while the other hit Dulin on a short crosser in stride for a run-after-catch opportunity.
Daniel Jones’s second 11-on-11 period with the starters was still efficient, a 3-4 showing through the air, though he was sacked on two other occasions — Laiatu Latu playing a hand in both, a solo sack by Latu, and then a quick pressure from the interior that allowed Kwity Paye to seal the deal. Jones hit Josh Downs on consecutive quick-hitting routes after missing late on his lone completion of the period and first of the day to that point, an ill-timed play-action attempt to Alec Pierce on a 15-yard sit/in route. The other completion was to Tyler Warren on a 15-yard in-breaker, a foreshadowing of things to come.
The next team period, an 11-on-11 session with Anthony Richardson and the second team, was when the fun began. Continuing their...
