Colts Sign Pierce - 4 Years, $116m

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Does anyone actually know what Pierce had done to his ankle ??? All I read is a clean-out, whatever that is. A 4-6 month healing process doesn't sound minor.

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It was a chronic issue, since 2024. It has been nagging Pierce over the last 1 and-a-half seasons. He has played through it, hoping that it would heal itself. I suppose that it got considerably better in the last off-season (in between 2024 to 2025) to give Pierce hope that it was well on its way to ceasing. When it didn't, it was too late to have surgery without missing the 2025 season, so Pierce played through it.

Arthroscopic "clean-up" surgery involves removing bone spurs, scar tissue, and loose cartilage fragments ...... it was not reported which of the 3 that Pierce had, and/or if it may have been all 3. It is considered to be minor surgery because its arthroscopic (very minimal use of a scalpel.) It takes 4-6 months to completely recover because cartilage and ligaments heal slowly.

I recently read that Pierce has been walking around in a boot, walking very gingerly. He has been training on an Alter G treadmill (an anti-gravity treadmill) as part of his physical rehab. That type of treadmill is when they strap a harness around the person to minimize the amount of weight placed on the person's legs.

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[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Does anyone actually know what Pierce had done to his ankle ??? All I read is a clean-out, whatever that is. A 4-6 month healing process doesn't sound minor.

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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It was a chronic issue, since 2024. It has been nagging Pierce over the last 1 and-a-half seasons. He has played through it, hoping that it would heal itself. I suppose that it got considerably better in the last off-season (in between 2024 to 2025) to give Pierce hope that it was well on its way to ceasing. When it didn't, it was too late to have surgery without missing the 2025 season, so Pierce played through it.

Arthroscopic "clean-up" surgery involves removing bone spurs, scar tissue, and loose cartilage fragments ...... it was not reported which of the 3 that Pierce had, and/or if it may have been all 3. It is considered to be minor surgery because its arthroscopic (very minimal use of a scalpel.) It takes 4-6 months to completely recover because cartilage and ligaments heal slowly.

I recently read that Pierce has been walking around in a boot, walking very gingerly. He has been training on an Alter G treadmill (an anti-gravity treadmill) as part of his physical rehab. That type of treadmill is when they strap a harness around the person to minimize the amount of weight placed on the person's legs.

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This is a 9-minute video of Pierce talking about the injury, from a press conference yesterday (June 10th.)



https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...son%20ankle%20

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[Oldcolt]

I don't think anything was done wrong or incorrectly. If nothing structural was done, which is what it sounds like, he should be fine-actually better-when it heals. It is just worrisome to me to have your #1 WR unavailable (for full participation) until maybe the beginning of the season. If he is going to be a bigger part of the offense, and that would mean more and different routes I would think, missing the preseason will set that back. DJ seems to be doing well but he is in the same boat and not having Pierce to get new routes and timing down isn't ideal. We may have to be patient for things to start clicking.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I don't think that anything was done wrong or incorrectly. If nothing structural was done, which is what it sounds like, he should be fine-actually better-when it heals. It is just worrisome to me to have your #1 WR unavailable (for full participation) until maybe the beginning of the season. If he is going to be a bigger part of the offense, and that would mean more and different routes I would think, missing the preseason will set that back. DJ seems to be doing well but he is in the same boat and not having Pierce to get new routes and timing down isn't ideal. ) We may have to be patient for things to start clicking.

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2026 will have been 6 years since the Colts finished the season as a Bonafide contender for a conference championship ...... I don't expect Colts fans to be patient, but I am praying that the Colts' organization stays patient if the team stumbles out of the game in the first few games of the season ...... both Daniel Jones' and Alec Pierce's mobility may be in question on Opening Day.

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[YDFL Commish]

IMO we should sign Keena Allen now. He knows Steichen's system and can produce at least as well as Pittman at a cheaper cost.

Something tells me Pierce will miss at least the first 4 weeks of the season.