Former Jaguars RB James Robinson Works Out With Colts

With star running back Jonathan Taylor set to miss the first month of the season on the PUP list, the Colts will be left to Deon Jackson and Evan Hull. The Colts also have Jake Funk and Jason Huntley on their practice squad, while Zack Moss appears to be set to miss Week 1 with an arm injury. 

Robinson played in 35 games for the Jaguars from 2020-22 and rushed 485 times for 2,177 yards and 18 touchdowns. As a rookie in 2020, he gained 1,414 scrimmage yards, the most by an undrafted rookie in NFL history. 

Robinson started 2022 as the Jaguars' starting running back over Travis Etienne, starting five games and rushing for 340 yards and three touchdowns before being traded to the New York Jets for a Day 3 pick ahead of the trade deadline.

The Colts appear to have plenty of unknowns entering Week 1. While the Jaguars are the clear favorites on paper, the unknowns will range from quarterback, to running back, to even head coach.

“Well, we've been in this situation before when you're going against, a new head coach or coordinator, something of that nature. We know defensively with [Colts Defensive Coordinator] Gus [Bradley], we played him twice last year and we know kind of what their structure is," Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said last week. 

"Offensively and the type of quarterback they are, we've got to look at a lot of film, we've got to go back and watch his college tape, we've got to go back and watch some of the Philly stuff and what they did in preseason. Just have a great plan as we practice next week and head into next week there's obviously going to be some unknown. You've got to prepare against maybe some of the gadget stuff in the game and really, you've just got to focus on your job. Just do your job, your responsibility, take care of the football as we always say and come out on top if you can."