He may be talking about retiring, but hopefully he ment Indy. His hometown is in between Miami (where he went to school) and Tampa. Miami is definitely set with Ronnie Brown and Sticky Ricky, Tampa has Cadillac and Dunn. Cadillac is still recovering from the blown knee and still hasn’t shown he has what it takes to be an NFL back. Dunn is nearing the end of the line. Fred Taylor is on IR and his productivity dropped off a cliff this year. Jacksonville probably needs a new partner for MJD.

Also has a ring, I remember reading an article saying that Irsay had sent him a ring.

The ring was sent after he was gone? That is commitment to a player and more evidence of a possible return.

Of course i would welcome him back … but it would have to be on the cheap and in all honesty, would it work … and is he needed ??

I honestly think Addai is just having a down year due to being banged up, but also (and primarily) to the O-line play … if Rhodes returns next year we would have Addai, Rhodes, Simpson and Hart … even Rhodes doesn’t return and Simpson goes back to the PS, would Edge be willing to return for way less money ???

So where would he fit in the depth chart? I still see Addai as our starter, with Dom a solid #2. Hart is supposed to be really good, but I could see us having it like this:

1. Addai
   #2a Dom
   #2b Edge
2. Hart

That way the top three could share carries, be less prone to injury, and Hart can be ready just in case there’s an injury to one of the first three. It could work.

I don’t see them signing Rhodes AND Edge in the offseason. So it is going to come down to money and willingness to share carries for Edge, if he is contemplating playing for the Colts again and if the Colts are interested in taking him. Oh, and that is if the Colts are considering parting ways with Rhodes permanently (again). I don’t see how Rhodes or Edge would be happy if they signed both of them in the offseason.

I don’t see the Colts going into next year with Addai and Hart only, unless they are big on Simpson being the 3rd stringer. So something is going to happen here, whether or not they re-sign Rhodes, sign Edge, draft someone.

I understood that Hart’s injury was a pretty bad one, one that a marginal NFL player might never recover from (Yes, a superstar could come back as a very good back, like Edge after his knee blowout). Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Hart succeed, but….. (speaking of injured youth, was there a Roy Hall sighting today? Yahoo!)

It really depends on Edge’s priorities. He could replace Fred Taylor and pick up maybe 150-200 carries, be close to home, and get paid… $2+M a year on a team with no real chance of winning it all. He could replace Dom and pick up 100-125 carries (unless Joe gets hurt) for probably less, maybe $1-$1.5M on a team with some old buddies and with a chance to go all the way—get a “second” ring. I guess it comes down to ego—if he feels he has accomplished everything he needed to professionally and financially, then it’s purely a “what do I feel like” choice. Retirement is probably fun when you’re 31. If he thinks he needs to earn more and produce more (to get to Canton or just to prove he’s stilla stud, which he probably ain’t) then he may go elsewhere where he’s likely to get at least half the carries, and suffer on another crap team, hammering out 45 yard/15 carry games for an 8-8 team.