Waiting to heal

Indy waits on Conner and Sanders

Ideally, the team will have the flexibility to wait on both Sanders and Conner and get a contribution from each late in the season and into the playoffs.

But other injuries combined with certain game-day personnel demands could force the Colts to look to IR for one or both players.

“Certainly that could happen down the road if you’re really up against an untenable situation,” Polian said. “You hope you don’t get to that. Kavell’s situation is pretty cut and dried. We’ll know more about Bob here in the not too distant future. … My hope is we can leave them there and get them back if that’s possible.”