Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs, listed as questionable for Sunday due to a knee injury, is “tracking to play” vs. the Carolina Panthers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday night.
Downs still wants to see how the knee feels during pregame warmups, and he’s not 100%, either way. But he intends to play, the source said.
Downs, 22, a third-round pick of the Colts this year out of North Carolina, has 40 receptions in his rookie year for 473 yards and two touchdowns. Last week, in a 36-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints, he was targeted nine times and finished with seven receptions and 72 yards.
The visiting Colts have lost three in a row and four of the past five games and will face a Carolina team that is fresh off its first win of the season, a 15-13 victory over the Houston Texans.