Edgerrin James Named Honorary Colts Captain for Sunday's AFCCG

A bit copycat-ish of the Saints and Deuce, but I don’t care. LOVE this move!

This is just awesome. Man, people are going to nuts when they announce him at the game. This is why I love the Colts.

I think this is going to be one of those “This one’s for Edge!” things. Smart move, bringing back a beloved former player. It’s great motivation for the players, and the fans.

This is great! Edge will always be a Colt to us, not a Cardinal and not a Seahawk. It’s still tough for me to see Hart wearing his number. Hope we retire it when Edge declares retirement.

Edge was one of the players I really really loved and it hurt to see him go but we all knew he was declining a bit in production. That being said this is… AWESOME!

GO COLTS!

He retired.

Is Edge officially hanging them up? Will he be in Colts blue when he does so? And will he get a SECOND ring?

I know it’s corny, but I’d love for him to be signed and active for the SB (knock wood) and carry just one stretch play for old time’s sake. We probably don’t have the roster room….

I heart Edge…it’ll be great seeing him out there on the sidelines!

…to hear the crowd go bananas when Edge walks to mid-field for the toss.

"It’ll never be the last game. We’re always together. We’re going to meet up at the Hall of Fame."

Love ya Edge!

GO COLTS.

Yes, both of them. It might merely be symbolic to do this for Edge – and I’m certain he’d rather earn such a spot on the field – but I still love the move. He was a huge part of the (still continuing) Colts best years, and I don’t think anyone things bad about him at all. I’d love to see him on the sidelines, even in just an honorary capacity.

Although, like a commenter above said: It’d also be cool to dress him and run him for a down. Just one more stretch play for old times sake. Thing is, that probably wouldn’t happen unless the game were a total blowout, and I don’t think that’ll happen against the Jets.

Wonder if the team’ll think about repeating this if they get to the Super Bowl. That’d be cool too.

On top of that, the other guy’s an impressive fellow too. Anyone read the Wikipedia entry on him?

On that day, (then PFC Sammy L. Davis’s) unit was west of Cai Lay when they fell under heavy mortar attack by the Viet Cong as around 15,000 VC swarmed the area. Upon detecting an enemy position, Davis manned a machine gun to give his comrades covering fire so they could fire artillery in response. Davis was wounded, but ignored warnings to take cover, taking over the unit’s burning howitzer and firing several shells himself. He also disregarded his inability to swim (due to injuries; Davis knew how to swim), crossing a river on an air mattress to help rescue three wounded American soldiers. He ultimately found his way to another howitzer site to continue fighting the VC attack until they fled.

Wow.

Here’s a Military.com writeup on him that goes into a bit more detail on the action that got him awarded the Medal of Honor; the author calls Davis “The ‘Real’ Forrest Gump”. :D

http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,MoH_Sammy_Davis,00.html

Ok, look, I’ll admit that his current website’s just a teeny bit corny. All right, fine, it’s way the hell corny. But a Blue Max winner who swam a river to rescue 3 US soldiers, then kept on fighting while wounded himself gets a LOT of leeway from me. A LOT. He can corny up his web presence all he wants, and I’ll still call the guy a hero.

Edgerrin James of the Indianapolis Colts. You listenin to the home of the Colts, Q95"

I love that radio commercial and I love Edgerrin James. I don’t think there is any former Colt as unanimously loved as the Edge.

To Marv? Maybe its too early to bring him back as an honorary captain but they should cut one of these bums we have and sign him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWmb0eB6Lq0

This is awesome. Edge has kind of had it rough over the last few years. I know, I know, he played in the Superbowl, and he’s an older back… But, he got trounced in Seattle, and, more importantly, his wife died last year of a brain tumor, I believe.

He was such an important part of the franchise, and he’s obviously well loved by his former teammates. This is good to hear… Go Immokalee! And of course, GO COLTS!!!!

just sayin’. ;)

that the Colts are the classiest organization in football. God bless ya, Edge, his presence alone will get the fans excitement level 10x what it already will be.

the Jets are bringing in Curtis Martin to be their honorary co-captain

32 is taken by Mike Hart, Maybe he goes old school and wears #5 like in college.