Colts placing Alec Pierce on IR: Big-play WR aggravated heel injury, hopes to return this year

Getty Images Colts coach Shane Steichen said the team is placing wide receiver Alec Pierce on injured reserve after the recently extended wide receiver aggravated his surgically repaired left heel in Indianapolis' Week 2 loss to the Chiefs. Steichen said Pierce will rehab the injury, rather than undergo another surgery, with the "hope" of returning this season, but there's no exact timeline for his return, per James Boyd of The Athletic. The IR placement guarantees Pierce will miss at least four weeks. The injury occurred during a route downfield in which Pierce fell while trying to change direction. He got...