{"id":533507,"date":"2025-11-18T00:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/533507\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:07:12","slug":"8-2-colts-return-from-bye-week-for-showdown-with-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/533507\/","title":{"rendered":"8-2 Colts Return from Bye Week for Showdown with Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17634237795054.jpg\" alt=\"American Football: Media round Indianapolis Colts\" class=\"wp-image-784386\"  \/>Source: picture alliance \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Miss. \u2014 The 8-2 Indianapolis Colts return from their bye week as they prepare for a matchup against the 5-5 Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>However, the message from Head Coach Shane Steichen is clear: the work is far from over. Steichen acknowledged that while the bye was crucial for players to recover from \u201cnicks and bruises,\u201d the team must quickly reignite its momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we\u2019ve got a lot ahead of us,\u201d Steichen said. \u201cMy message all year hasn\u2019t changed, and it\u2019s not going to change. It\u2019s one day at a time and getting better and focus on the next opponent and control what we can control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLove Local? Get more! Join the WIBC 93.1 FM Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe care about your data. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/urban1.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The team also provided updates on key injuries. Steichen confirmed that defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, who went to Panama for a neck procedure over the weekend, is hopeful to play again this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the hope \u2013 yeah, absolutely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For players on Injured Reserve (IR), quarterback Anthony Richardson (orbital fracture) and cornerback Charvarius Ward (concussion), Steichen expects to have a clearer status update on Wednesday. He did confirm that once Richardson is medically cleared, he will be his backup for the rest of the year if he gets cleared by doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts and the Chiefs play each other at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>Steichen spoke at a press conference on Monday. You can tune into that here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: picture alliance \/ Getty KANSAS CITY, Miss. \u2014 The 8-2 Indianapolis Colts return from their bye week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,2381,47542,6,47544,47545,47546,47548,62249],"class_list":{"0":"post-533507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-indianapolis-colts","12":"tag-indianapoliscolts","13":"tag-local-news-sports","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sentiment-concern","16":"tag-sentiment-informed","17":"tag-sentiment-joyful-happy","18":"tag-sentiment-shocked","19":"tag-topic-local-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115567791963731205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533507","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=533507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}