Sauce Gardner · Cornerback · Indianapolis Colts
Reported: "mild calf strain"; "week-to-week" (Rapoport, NFL Network) (tier B — national or beat reporter) · injury Oct 18, 2026
Mechanism: Exited Q3 vs. TEN and was not able to return.
Forecast reviewed by Keith P. Johnson, MD · Published by ParatrOs
Forecast
What would move this: Wed-Fri practice report (DNP / limited / full); Sunday inactive list; IR designation.
Base rate: quad_calf_strain (thin) · sources: [1][2]
Resolutions
Each field resolves on its own from public records, is proposed by the ingest, and is locked only once the physician confirms it. A revision counts for a field only if it was published before that field’s freeze point. Scored on the scoreboard and the quad_calf_strain page.
- F1 · IRnot placed on IR · 2026-10-25froze Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM ET · confirmed 2026-10-27 · scored: initial v1, latest v1no IR transaction from 2026-10-18 through 2026-10-25
- F2 · Next gamedid not play · 2026-10-25froze Oct 25, 2026, 1:00 PM ET · confirmed 2026-10-27 · scored: initial v1, latest v10 snap(s) in 2026_07_IND_MIN (week 7, 2026-10-25)
- F3 · 4 weeksopen
- F4 · Games missedopen
- F5 · Re-injuryopen
Corrections
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