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The Indianapolis Colts have revealed their latest depth chart ahead of this Sunday's home matchup against the Houston Texans.

The lineup has some slight shuffling to do following recent roster moves in which the Colts signed free agent wide receiver Darius Slayton, signed receiver Anthony Gould from the practice squad to the active roster, and placed wide receiver Alec Pierce (heel) and defensive end Micheal Clemons (toe) on Injured Reserve.

Here's how the lineup looks heading into Week 3.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson Sr., Riley Leonard

Jones and Richardson have been the two active QBs on gamedays, with Leonard serving as the emergency QB3.

RUNNING BACK

Jonathan Taylor, Seth McGowan, DJ Giddens

The Colts have been rolling with just two active running backs on gamedays, with Giddens being a healthy scratch in Week 1 and technically being out with a knee injury in Week 2.

WIDE RECEIVER

X: Laquon Treadwell, Darius Slayton

Z: Keenan Allen, Ashton Dulin, Deion Burks

SLOT: Josh Downs, Anthony Gould

Treadwell immediately steps into a starting role with Pierce out. However, Dulin has been out with an ankle injury and will resume a larger role upon his return. Slayton was also signed this week and will see his usage increased as he continues to acclimate to the team. Pierce will have to miss a minimum of four games while on IR, but the team hopes he returns at some point in the season. Burks could also see an uptick in usage as a deep threat and gadget player.

TIGHT END

Tyler Warren, Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree

No change here while Will Mallory remains on short-term IR. The Colts may need to rely heavily on all three tight ends on Sunday to help block Texans edge defenders Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter.

OFFENSIVE LINE

LT: Bernhard Raimann

LG: Quenton Nelson, Dalton Tucker

C: Tanor Bortolini, Sedrick Van Pran-Granger

RG: Matt Goncalves, Jalen Farmer

RT: Jalen Travis, Luke Tenuta

Tucker has been a healthy scratch in each game, while Van Pran-Granger and Farmer see limited work on the field goal team.

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE

DE: Arden Key, Jaylahn Tuimoloau, George Gumbs Jr.

DT: DeForest Buckner, Adetomiwa Adebawore

NT: Grover Stewart, Jerry Tillery, Tim Smith

DE: Laiatu Latu, Caden Curry

With Clemons going on IR, expect to see more from Curry moving forward. The Colts worked out a few free-agent veterans this week, but didn't sign any. Gumbs has been a healthy inactive each week, but Clemons' absence could put Gumbs into the lineup.

LINEBACKER

MIKE: Akeem Davis-Gaither, CJ Allen, Austin Ajiake

WILL: Jaylon Carlies, Bryce Boettcher, Tahj Chambers

The Colts rotate their linebackers, but expect to see Allen begin to get more and more action as he becomes more comfortable with his surroundings.

CORNERBACK

CB: Sauce Gardner, Charvarius Ward Sr., Cam Taylor-Britt

NCB: Justin Walley, Kapena Gushiken

Last week, Ward left the game early with a groin injury, which gave Walley, Taylor-Britt, and Gushiken increased work. Ward is questionable for Sunday, but was able to increase his practice load throughout the week.

SAFETY

FS: Cam Bynum, Jonathan Owens

SS: A.J. Haulcy, Hunter Wohler

Last week, we saw a bit more of timeshare at safety. Bynum continued to see 100% of the snaps, but Wohler played 42 snaps and Haulcy played 37. The Colts didn't make this tweak in Week 1, so is this a sign of things to come?

SPECIAL TEAMS

P: Rigoberto Sanchez

K: Spencer Shrader

H: Rigoberto Sanchez

LS: Luke Rhodes

KR: Ashton Dulin, Seth McGowan, Anthony Gould

PR: Josh Downs, Ashton Dulin, Anthony Gould

With Dulin remaining out, it'll be McGowan and Gould getting the work at kickoff returner. It'll also be interesting to see what the Colts do at punt returner. With Pierce's injury, do they play it safe with Downs and yank his punt return duties?

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