{"id":293515,"date":"2025-08-16T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/293515\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:40:21","slug":"indianapolis-colts-navigating-injuries-at-offensive-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/293515\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts navigating injuries at offensive tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Indianapolis Colts <\/a>are working through injuries at the offensive tackle position. To what extent is still to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Bernhard<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/08\/16\/colts-injury-update-braden-smith-bernhard-raimann-packers\/85691504007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Raimann did not dress;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Raimann did not dress<\/a> for Saturday&#8217;s preseason game against the Packers. The reason is unclear at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Raimann did participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts<\/a>&#8216; joint practice with the Packers on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In Raimann&#8217;s place at left tackle was Jalen Travis.<\/p>\n<p>Then, as the game unfolded, right tackle Braden Smith would leave with a groin injury. Again, the extent of the injury is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Replacing Smith was Blake Freeland, who suffered a leg injury and had to be carted off.<\/p>\n<p>Taking over for Freeland at right tackle was Luke Tenuta.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this isn&#8217;t the only position where the Colts are dealing with injuries. They&#8217;re also a bit thin at cornerback as well as safety, with Nick Cross sidelined for this game and Hunter Wohler exiting early on with a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/08\/16\/colts-injury-updates-indianapolis-injuries-offensive-tackle\/85692399007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts injury updates: Indianapolis with injuries at offensive tackle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts injury updates: Indianapolis with injuries at offensive tackle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts are working through injuries at the offensive tackle position. To what extent is still to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[4990,4980,4973,2005,7,2676,2004,392,2381,1989,27970,6,4136,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-293515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-bernhard-raimann","9":"tag-blake-freeland","10":"tag-braden-smith","11":"tag-colts","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-hunter-wohler","14":"tag-indianapolis","15":"tag-indianapolis-colts","16":"tag-indianapoliscolts","17":"tag-jalen-travis","18":"tag-luke-tenuta","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-offensive-tackle","21":"tag-packers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115040146518613900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}