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Colts running back Jonathan Taylor just recorded his first multi-touchdown game 2021 in Sunday’s victory over the Buccaneers. But now he may be sidelined as Indianapolis tries to make a playoff push.

Taylor suffered a thumb injury that requires further evaluation and puts his status in doubt going forward, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport.

Related players: Zack Moss, Trey Sermon

The good news is, Taylor sustained the injury in the first half and was able to play through the second half. He finished the game with 15 carries for 91 yards with two TDs. Owners will want to monitor his status leading up to this week's game at the Titans, which is an early contest. If Taylor can't go, Moss would likely see a bulk of the work and has proven to be pretty good as the lead back. You may want to grab Moss if he fell back on your waiver wire.

Running back Salvon Ahmed went on injured reserve.

Related players: De'Von Achane, Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson

Ahmed has a foot injury despite catching a touchdown against the Raiders. He also ran for a touchdown earlier in the season. Ahmed likely saw more time this past week with the team not putting Achane back in the game after a knee injury. Achane should be good to play in Week 12, a Friday contest, but it will be worth monitoring for the rest of the week. If Achane is out, Wilson could run as the RB2 behind Mostert.

Despite not practicing at all this week, Colts rookie WR Josh Downs (knee) is questionable to play on Sunday against the Patriots.

Related Players: Alec Pierce, Michael Pittman Jr., Isaiah McKenzie

Not looking great for Downs, who is in the midst of an impressive rookie campaign. It's possible that second-year option Alec Pierce could get a little more of the target share after being phased-out of first-read routes here in his rookie season.

The Bears are expected to be without QB Justin Fields and RB Khalil Herbert

Related Players: D'Onta Foreman, Roschon Johnson, Darrynton Evans

Foreman handled the load last week, turning 20 rushes into a workman-like 83 yards. We should expect more of that usage Thursday night, though the offense as a whole has a capped ceiling with Tyson Bagent at the helm. Foreman is in FLEX consideration for Week 10.

The Bears are expected to be without QB Justin Fields and RB Khalil Herbert tonight

Tyson Bagent will notch his fourth start of the season and looks to bounce back from two iffy performances. He has eight turnover-worthy plays over these last two weeks, that have led to five interceptions. The Panthers defense should be in consideration for Thursday night's game.

Bears designated RB Khalil Herbert, WR Equanimeous St. Brown and DB Josh Blackwell for return from injured reserve.

Related players: Roschon Johnson, D'Onta Foreman

The Bears play on Thursday this week at home against the Panthers, but it's not a lock Herbert goes in Week 10. Herbert was playing well before his injury, so we can perhaps assume he'll slide back into his RB1 role with Johnson as the RB2. But this could be shaping up to be a messy fantasy situation with the potential for a three-headed monster at the position.

Eagles TE Dallas Goedert has a fracture in his arm and is expected to miss about four weeks.

Related players: Grant Calcaterra, Jack Stoll, Albert Okwuegbunam

Goedert will have an MRI and will have surgery, possibly today, Rapoport said. He's certainly an IR/return candidate given the timeline, which is overall good news. It's a significant drop off from Goedert. Calcaterra and Stoll are up next and we may even have an Albert O sighting over the next month. Stoll is probably the starter based on snaps played this season. All three backup TEs have a combined two catches this season, and both were by Stoll.

Colts WR Josh Downs is out for the rest of Sunday's game against the Panthers with a knee injury.

Downs was already limited going into the game. He wasn't 100 percent but gave it a go today. He caught one pass for 10 yards as the Colts are in complete control in Carolina, who continue to close in on sending the Bears a likely top-3 pick and maybe No. 1 overall.

On Monday, head coach Shane Steichen said that he is “always self-evaluating everything” and said there were “absolutely” chances to run the ball after watching the film of the loss but that the scoreboard helped dictate the move in the other direction.

“Sometimes the game, the flow of the game will kind of dictate how it’s called there,” Steichen said, via Joel A. Erickson of the Indianapolis Star. “You’re down two scores in the fourth quarter. Could I have popped a run in there? Absolutely, but I decided to throw it there towards the end.”

Related players: Jonathan Taylor, Zack Moss

The story went on to say Taylor had 11 carries for 94 yards over the first two quarters, but he didn’t get much of an opportunity to build on it in the second half. Taylor ran once for a yard on the first play of the third quarter, but the Colts went with Moss as their back on the next possession and then went three-and-out with three passes to open the fourth quarter. The Saints would go up 15 points before the next Colts drive and running was off the table for the rest of the 38-27 loss.