Colts GM Chris Ballard followed up the roster move by confirming that Pierce is a “week or two” away from returning to practice. Grading this assessement on the typical coach/gm speak curve, expect Pierce to miss most of camp.

Signing him to a fully guaranteed four-year contract this offseason, the Colts had grand plans to move Pierce into a featured role following Michael Pittman‘s departure. Pierce’s grip on this role is now tenuous as he needs reps to build rapport with quarterback Daniel Jones.

Alec Pierce remaining on the active/PUP list also opens the door for a Reserve/PUP stint, which would cost him the first four games of the regular season. While he flexed deep-threat dominance with a 19.0 Average Target Distance (No. 2) and a 51.8-percent Air Yards Share (No. 1) last season, missing early action trends him toward the wrong side of questionable for Week 1.

Draft Pierce with extreme caution in the middle rounds as an upside bench option while monitoring his recovery timeline over the coming weeks. Pierce is PlayerProfiler’s WR41 in fantasy football redraft formats, and he will continue to leak value with every day he remains on the PUP.