The Colts have lost Rock Ya-Sin for mysterious reasons ahead of Sunday’s showdown with the Vikings.
After about an hour of speculation, it seems the Colts were the unlucky team that was forced to make a surprise addition to their inactive list, out of an abundance of caution.
We can’t speculate further, but we can report that the team has lost DB Rock Ya-Sin on Sunday, who is battling an illness that didn’t manifest itself on any injury report prior to game day.
The pressure is squarely on Xavier Rhodes on Sunday, and we hope that the only impact this sudden alteration has is on the field.
#Colts starting CB Rock Ya-Sin, a surprise addition to the inactive list, has an illness and won’t play today. He was not listed on the injury report, so clearly something very recent.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 20, 2020
The offense has been compromised, too, ahead of this must-win matchup, with Michael Pittman Jr. sidelined with a toe issue. TEs Jack Doyle and Trey Burton won’t be participating either, and Marlon Mack is spending his first of many games on the sidelines in 2020.
The best-laid plans of Ballards and Reichs, huh?
Ya-Sin’s Year 2 was poised to live under the microscope, with a young core of DBs surrounding a comeback candidate in Rhodes appearing to be a relative weakness, compared to the powerful offensive unit. Much like on the other side of the ball, this vision has already been compromised before Week 2.
And, since it’s 2020, the circumstances of Ya-Sin’s disappearance are a bit ominous and have, at the very least, brought about some unnecessary and unhelpful speculation. According to the team’s PR push, this is a stomach illness without a fever.
This is a stomach illness for Colts’ CB Rock Ya-Sin, per source. Ya-Sin doesn’t have fever. https://t.co/xdOdLRL0IU
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 20, 2020
Hopefully, as time passes, that remains the case, and this sudden onset of a sickness doesn’t spiral.
Without Ya-Sin, this is poised to be a huge day for TJ Carrie, who will need to help limit Adam Thielen, who can seemingly get open all day long no matter who’s assigned to cover him. Hopefully, this game starts within the hour as scheduled, so we can stop losing key players prior to kickoff.
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