Dwight Freeney injury update: Out at least one month

by Brad Wells on Sep 29, 2009 12:39 AM EDT in Colts News

The news is not great, but it is also not devastating. According to sources close to Indianapolis local news station WTHR, Dwight Freeney will be out at least one month with a quad injury. The information seems consistent with Cassieper's diagnosis of the injury, suggesting it is Grade 1 quadriceps strain.

Again, this is all unconfirmed. But, the article does quote Bill Polian:

"The docs will report to us later this evening, so we'll know something then, but I don't think there will be anything definitive for quite a while," Polian said on his weekly radio show Monday night. "The positive side is that he basically said, 'I can walk, I can play.' The good news is I don't have any bad news."

So, again, this does not seem to be horrible news, but it is still not good. If Freeney is gone for at least one month, his recovery would coincide with Indy's bye week, minimizing the number of games he'd miss.

More when we hear it. Tip to Blueisgood for the FanPost.

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Well,

that’s certainly better than “done for the season”… but I get the feeling that this is pretty well in line with what most of us were expecting.

by hahasound on Sep 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions

Next order of business:

CuJo is signed with the Cowboys, but Howard is still a free agent…

odds that we bring him back?

by hahasound on Sep 29, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions

100-1

First, since he’s not on IR he’s still a roster spot. Second, they clearly like what they see with Wheeler off the edge, and he’s bigger than Howard. It wouldn’t shock me, but they’d have to cut somebody to do it, and I’m not sure who that would be.

And let’s not kid ourselves: this is FANTASTIC news. To have him back by November is massive-huge.

by slash196 on Sep 29, 2009 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions

thank goodness we already have a 2 game lead in the division.

by torontocoltsfan on Sep 29, 2009 12:47 AM EDT reply actions

The next month we have

vs SEA, @ TEN, @ STL, bye, vs SF. If he misses that stretch, we should be fine. I would say that even without Freeney we are clearly better than 3 of those team. This does make the Tennessee game more diffucult. However, if it lingers, we then get into the vs HOU, vs NE, @ BAL, @ HOU, vs TEN stretch. I think Houston will be tough, so we need him full strength for that five-game stretch.

EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!

by dmstorm22 on Sep 29, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions

The bye is before STL.

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by Cassieper on Sep 29, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions

True

my bad. Either way, that five game stretch will be fine. He better be back to near full form by the Houston, Baltimore, New ENgland, Tennessee stretch.

EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!

by dmstorm22 on Sep 29, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely

By the way he was simply unstoppable since the first snap of 2009. Too bad.

by Gio on Sep 29, 2009 5:14 AM EDT up reply actions

My chief concern is his explosiveness after his return.

A little regression goes a long way.

by coltsfanawalt on Sep 29, 2009 1:02 AM EDT reply actions

ANYDAY

I’ll take that news ALL DAY over season ending. If we get to playoffs we don’t want a repeat of no pass rush like when the chargers came to town.

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by Bama Blue on Sep 29, 2009 1:16 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

i think we will be fine

im thinking we are good none that we were just told is any diffrent than what we talked about earlier. even GO COLTS!!!!!

by TheAngelsColts on Sep 29, 2009 1:37 AM EDT reply actions

I'm glad I was right on this.

Don’t fool yourselves. This was the best-case scenario with what happened. Freeney should easily be near 100% by St. Louis. Polian is going to play it cautious, as well he should.

The Colts are going to be fine until then.

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by Cassieper on Sep 29, 2009 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

Haven't we heard this before?

Trust me, I couldn’t be happier if this is true. But I just don’t have that much confidence in the medical staff, and it wouldn’t be the first time one of our players was misdiagnosed.
I would be happy to be proven wrong, but let’s take it easy, and see how things shake out a month from now.

by jocre on Sep 29, 2009 3:34 AM EDT reply actions

At least he can't get hurt any worse

during the next month or so!

by shoein on Sep 29, 2009 7:12 AM EDT reply actions

Not bad news at all

Of course, this month timeframe does depend on how Freeney’s body heals up. But he’s in the prime of his health, and in most cases, doctors tend to be pretty conservative. So I have confidence in that estimate.

And dstorm is right (well, except for the bye week ;) ): We’ll be fine without him for those teams. Better to have him healthy and ready to go by the playoffs. Like I keep on saying, the San Diego defeat proves that the pass rush is painfully necessary, and without Freeney, it suffers tremendously.

by aldctjoc on Sep 29, 2009 9:01 AM EDT reply actions

One month...

is bad…but not too bad. I hope he heals well and can come back and play like he has been. Freeney has been a beast this season so far!!! A total beast!!

Someone stated in another post…but I want to comment and continue the line of thought here…what is up with the hands to the face of Freeney and Mathis? Every time, and I mean every time, that they showed a slow motion replay of a play those two were getting manhandled in the face!!! Now, I understand that holding happens and it has to be pretty blatent…but the hands to the face is sooooo obvious. All I can think is WTF!!!

I didn’t hear Caldwell’s comments so I would love to hear what he said about the situation. What can be done? Players (Freeney, Mathis, or any other stud pass rusher) are going to get hurt. It is only a matter of time until there is a serious injury.

What are peoples thoughts here? In all my years of watching the NFL…I have never seen such blatant disregard for a rule by the officials!!

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by TRDean on Sep 29, 2009 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

If he had to miss a 4 game stretch

I would take SEA, TEN, Bye, STL anyday. Hopefully he’s back for San Francisco!

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by Colts Homer on Sep 29, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

Adam Schefter now reporting

Freeney will miss 2-3 weeks

by Playoff Pride on Sep 29, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

Schefter says 2-3 weeks

That’s great. AS is usually very, very accurate and I consider him the best NFL analyst around.

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by Colts Homer on Sep 29, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

That means that he should be back

for the St. Louis game. Now, where’s my medical degree? I should have received it by now :-)

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by Cassieper on Sep 29, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions