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Indianapolis Colts fans may be able to safely exhale, as the right knee injury that veteran cornerback Kenny Moore II suffered in Sunday late afternoon’s training camp practice is reportedly ‘not a major injury’ (via ESPN’s Stephen Holder):
After injuring his right knee during Sunday’s practice, Moore II did not return.
That being said, it doesn’t sound like Moore II is completely ‘out of the woods’ yet and still could potentially miss some time, as avoiding major injury doesn’t necessarily mean that upcoming game days aren’t potentially in jeopardy. We’ll just have to see as soon as we receive a more conclusive update regarding his injury status.
It’s certainly better than the worst case scenario though, especially for an increasingly depleted Colts cornerback room that recently lost promising projected rookie starter Justin Walley to a season-ending torn ACL from training camp practice and has both of its remaining contenders for the starting outside CB2 job, Jaylon Jones and JuJu Brents, currently unavailable nursing hamstring injuries.
While the Colts fortunately still have Samuel Womack III as a capable replacement at starting cornerback, it’s a secondary that cannot afford to lose its longest tenured veteran and team captain for a significant period of time just ahead of the 2025 campaign.
From that standpoint, this latest report regarding Moore II’s ongoing injury status is at least encouraging.
