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• Colts' Josh Downs: Leading receiver in Week 9 loss

  11H ago • By RotoWire

  Downs caught six of nine targets for 60 yards in Sunday's 21-13 loss to the Vikings. Downs easily led the Colts in targets, catches and receiving yards, with no teammate posting more than five targets. He has shown strong chemistry with quarterback Joe Flacco, who was inserted as the starter over the benched Anthony Richardson against Minnesota. Downs has 22 catches for 195 yards and a touchdown across Flacco's three starts this season. Indianapolis' passing game will face a tough Week 10 test at home against the Bills.

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• Colts' Josh Downs: Returns to practice

  4D ago • By RotoWire

  Downs (toe) returned to practice Thursday, James Boyd of The Athletic reports. Along with receiver Michael Pittman (back), Downs continues to have his practice reps managed, but his return to Thursday's session has him on track to suit up Sunday against the Vikings. So long as Downs upgrades to full practice participation Thursday and/or Friday, he should approach the Week 9 game without a designation.

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• Colts' Josh Downs: WRs to Start

  4D ago • By Jamey Eisenberg

  Downs and Michael Pittman are both worth starting in Week 9 against the Vikings with Joe Flacco back as the starting quarterback. It helps that the Vikings are No. 1 in most Fantasy points allowed to opposing receivers, but Downs scored at least 15.9 PPR points in all three appearances with Flacco this season. Pittman scored at least 12.5 PPR points in each of those three games, and both should benefit with Flacco throwing them the ball. I like Downs better than Pittman, but both have top-20 upside in all leagues.

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• Colts' Josh Downs: Misses another Wednesday session

  5D ago • By RotoWire

  Downs (toe) didn't practice Wednesday. Along with Downs, fellow wideout Michael Pittman (back) was a spectator for practice, but given that neither player was reported to have experienced any setbacks with their respective injuries in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Texans, both receivers' listed absences are presumably a case of workload management. In the Week 8 loss, Downs logged a 70 percent snap share while putting up a 4-109-1 receiving line on nine targets. As long as the wideout is able to fully practice by Friday, he should approach this weekend's game against the Vikings minus an injury designation, just as he did prior to facing Houston. Downs' rest-of-season fantasy outlook should be trending upward, as the Colts named Joe Flacco their starting quarterback going forward while demoting the struggling Anthony Richardson to the No. 2 role.

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• Colts' Josh Downs: Leads pass catchers in loss

  8D ago • By RotoWire

  Downs secured four of nine targets for 109 yards and a touchdown in the Colts' 23-20 loss to the Texans on Sunday. He also recorded 13 rushing yards and returned two punts for 12 yards. Downs led the Colts with a season-high receiving yardage total, and he was the only Indianapolis pass catcher to record more than 16 yards during another highly inefficient performance by Anthony Richardson. Richardson recorded his third touchdown of the season on a dynamic 69-yard catch late in the first quarter, and he had a 25-yard grab in the final period that was initially ruled a touchdown before being overturned on replay. Downs now has at least 66 receiving yards in five of the last six games, affording him plenty of momentum heading into a tough road matchup against the Vikings next Sunday night.

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