INDIANAPOLIS -- Running back Trent Richardson appeared to be on his way to his first 100-yard rushing game since being traded to the Indianapolis Colts.
He had rushed for 77 yards on 14 attempts when a hamstring injury sent him to the sideline for the rest of the game in the fourth quarter of their 27-0 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Little tweak, nothing big,” Richardson said. “I was able to still run and move. Coach [Chuck Pagano] told me there’s no reason to back out there.”
The 77 yards were two yards shy of Richardson's highest total as a Colt, 79 yards against Philadelphia in Week 2.
His injury took away from an afternoon when the Colts averaged 5.0 yards a carry and ran for a season-high 171. Sunday marked the second time this season that the Colts have rushed for at least 150 yards. They ran for 169 yards against the Eagles.
“I think they've been running the ball very well all year and if we can do that and keep a defense on their heels per se, it helps in pass pro, it helps with play action, it helps when you have to go up-tempo and four wides, whatever it is,” quarterback Andrew Luck said. “They've done a heck of a job, and not only running the ball but getting out after pass pro, leaking out, or free releasing and catching the ball and making some moves."
