Rec’d!

btw, “loose” should be “lose”

Yeah, but Sweed sucks, so that one doesn’t really count.

BBS,
It’s pieces like that that probably frustrate your critics so much when they see the “Singletary is a bum” pieces.

FTR, I thought you were only a little overboard about Coach Mike—not nuts but justifiably pissed. This piece, I think, is great.

One thing, though—I don’t know if I’d call last season a bump—more of climbing out of a hole. The term bump to me connotes a patch of level travel, then an obstacle, then a resumption of the old path. For us, we never got started with 18 out of TC all summer, then the DTs, etc. But we did conquer that damn bump and looked mighty at the end. Tenn going 13-3 was a significant hindrance to us hosting a playoff game. Not sure how the inability to convert a 2nd and 2 (then a 3rd and 2), allowing Scifres to kick ICBMs inside our 5, or Gijon’s inability to pick up a blitzer are linked to our early season woes. (The poor run D allowing Sproes to own us could be linked to the DTs as was Tenn winning the division, I guess, because of our early loss to them, so okay, I guess I can buy the SD loss as the residue of the early season woes).

- Sanders to undergo elbow surgery (out indefinitely)
- Hayden out another 3-4 weeks

Sanders is going to be a problem that will linger with the Colts until his contract is up. The guy has somewhat minor injuries that do nothing but nag him for weeks. The Colts knowing that they are minor nagging injuries just wait patiently for him to get fully healthy and reserve the SS position for him for when he returns which ultimately starts this chain of events all over again.

We’ll never be able to get any trade value out of him because he’s constantly hurt. He’s getting paid way too much money for how much he sees the field. Cutting him would be a huge loss, but I honestly think it’s a loss the Colts just need to take on the chin and move on. Knowing our luck though, the Patriots would pick him up and he’d play another 8 years inury free.

I’m just sick of seeing this repeating cycle year in and out.

with our winning streak and all, I finally see COLTS news popping up on sports sites. But it isn’t about our winning, it is to celebrate discuss our injuries.

This is a great team.
I’m positive of that.

Per Schefter

In a way these aren’t new “bumps”. We were willing to let Hagler walk because we thought we had better options at the time. That’s probably based from the coaches seeing more potential so obviously whoever replaces him was intended to be a starter at one point. Bob…well I was hoping for the best, but honestly he’s really only played two seasons. This isn’t a “get rid of him” statement, it’s more of a “we’ve coped” statement. Now granted, if it comes down to keeping him or Bethea, I’m a huge Bethea supporter. Gonzo’s been out the entire season basically and at least it looks like he’ll be coming back. That isn’t a “Garcon and Collie are better!” statement, that’s a “We’ll be better when he comes back” statement. Kelvin and Marlin going out isn’t a hit, they pretty much haven’t been a factor all season. So none of these “bumps” are really anything major that we haven’t had all season. There’s been hope that these guys come back or whatever, but none of them except Hagler has really contributed anything to a team that’s 7-0 and leading the league in defensive ppg.

The “bumps” or “fractured legs” are as follows :

Offense : Peyton, Saturday, Reggie, Dallas
Defense : Peyton, Freeney, Mathis, Bethea

Yeah I know Peyton’s listed on D too but seriously, how many teams are going to have to pass against us with Sorgi amiright?! Anyway, if these guys came up and made us better than 7-0 I’d be upset. Since that doesn’t make any sense, I’m not upset.