Chuck Pagano: Torn triceps is impacting Reggie Wayne’s performance

After Sunday’s victory over the Browns, Colts coach Chuck Pagano let slip that one of the injuries that’s been bothering wide receiver Reggie Wayne this season is a torn triceps muscle.

The admission came after Wayne dropped three passes and finished the day with just one catch for five yards in a performance that the veteran said made him feel like he was doing everything he “possibly can to throw this game.” Wayne has eight catches for 46 yards in the last three weeks, a total that’s well below what anyone has come to expect from him throughout his career, leading to questions for Pagano on Monday about whether playing Wayne was the right thing for the player or the team.

Pagano wouldn’t say whether Wayne would remain in the lineup, but did say he believes Wayne has more to offer the team. He didn’t argue with the notion that Wayne is struggling to play through his injury a year after a torn ACL, however.

“Is [his play] a byproduct of that? Would I say no? No, I wouldn’t,” Pagano said, via the Indianapolis Star. “There’s something there because we know the player that Reggie is, we know how he’s contributed and we know how he can make the clutch catch. He had a tough day.”

Wayne is one game away from passing Peyton Manning for the top spot on the franchise list of games played, which is a testament to how long he’s been a fixture in Indianapolis. That doesn’t mean that he’s the right player for the team right now if he’s less than 100 percent, though, and it’s also a sign that the end of the line might not be far off with Wayne’s body aching and his contract expiring at the end of this season.


(profootballtalk.com)