The Athletic’s James Boyd believes DJ Giddens and Seth McGowan are “poised to compete for the backup role” on the Colts running back depth chart.

03 May 2026

With Tyler Goodson gone, Giddens is the incumbent and has the higher draft capital, so we’re surprised to see a beat writer giving some leeway to the idea that McGowan could be the backup right away. Neither player figures to play much without a Jonathan Taylor injury, but they could be interesting contingency holds in deeper leagues.