Anthony Gonzalez and Bob Sanders might not be medically cleared for training camp

‘Since that is unlikely to happen, Garcon is your starting WR for the Colts heading into the 2010 regular season.’

Seriously do you really have to state it as fact like that. I get the feeling your doing it just to wind people like me up. I think gonzo is better then garcon, you think garcon is better then gonzo. Neither of us know who is the starter, so neither of us should pretend our opinion is fact.

I can see the argument both ways for garcon vs gonzo, but I think you’d have to be insanely arrogant to claim you know which one is going to start.

Why couldn’t you of phrased it more like Gregg? Did said hes likely fourth, that’s fine, he doesn’t know but hes making an educated guess, he doesn’t claim he does know, so why do you? The only fact in this whole thing is that your an asshole

Boy I hope you’re wrong and they get some playing time pre-season. I was hoping they’d actually be out of rehab and on the way to a healthy season. Keeping the the faith they’re recovery will take a fast turn for the good!!!!

Last news on Gonzo or Sanders was 6 weeks ago when Caldwell said, "Gonzo may not be where he wants to be," meaning…..? Where does Gonzo want to be? 100% healthy and back in the number 2 slot? On the field working back into a competitive position? Simply being cleared, medically, to practice? At 80%? Excuse me for being blunt, but that is a wide range of "where he wants to be," to cover. As for whether he will be ready to start training camp soon, our source of information is….? The opinion of writers who have just as much information as the rest of us?

As for Sanders, He had surgery. This we knew. Whats the new information? Oh, what was that? He had surgery during this past season? Well, that is new groundbreaking information. I will be sure to file that right under my "Breaking Headlines," compartment of my brain.

Sorry for being sarcastic, but our only information in this whole thing is simply new people writing their opinions on information we already know, and have known for weeks. If Chappel has heard from "unnamed colts sources close to Gonzo/Sanders," then this would be news, but if it is simply speculation, I really don’t see why people continue to see the need to prognosticate while lacking any pertinent information that would make their evaluations any more valid than anyone else’s.

Needless to say, Chap’s comment was hardly a “inside sources tell me this” comment. It reads a lot more like Chap’s personal opinion or perspective that it’s possible they won’t be ready to go.

This is not to say that I don’t see merit in the perspective, the Colts tend to treat injuries very cautiously and will allow Gonzo and Sanders all the time they need to fully and completely rehab and train to full strength before they rush them back into action.

I just don’t read too much into a relatively harmless and unsupported hunch, a relatively safe hunch at that. So in a lot of ways, I appreciate updates like these… but to me, it really doesn’t give us anything new.

I think our WR depth chart going into Houston will be 1-Wayne- leader of the WRs, heavily trusted by Manning, route running and hands are incredible. 2-Garcon-think this kid stepped up last year? Wait till you see the jump he makes this year. I have faith that his hands will be more consistent and he will run sharper routes. Who better than Peyton than to help him get to an elite level. 3-Gonzo-he should be able to battle back from injury but I don’t believe that he will be our Slot reciever. He will be a rotational wideout to take snaps from Garcon(kinda like a rotational DE for Freeney/Mathis). There will be different 4 wide and dare I say 5 wide packages that he will play a roll in. 4-Collie-our starting slot reciever although I have him listed as 4th simply because I am making this list based on wideout capability only. 5-(stab in the dark) Sam Giguere-some say the colts are high on his ability. I think hell prove to be a quality #5. Hey, at least it not Hank the angry drunken dwarf Baskett. Like Gonzo, I see Bob Sanders as a rotational player. Its quite clear that he should not be on the field every down as his risk for injury is high. He should be in as a box/blitzing safety on early downs and get just enough snaps to keep him sharp until the postseason but few enough snaps that his risk for injury will be drastically reduced. Then come postseason time, just like our SBXLI run, unleash the beast and let him take the game over. It seems to me that it would be the best way to get our moneys worth out of him. And please, if either of these guys have a chance at not playing for the first couple weeks of the regular season, they should be placed on the PuP list as these roster spots can be very valuable. That about covers my honest opinion.

1. Gonzo doesn’t have the trust of the coaching staff when it comes to his ability to get healthy at this point.
2. Worrying about whether Bob Sanders will be ready for training camp is like thinking about what you will do with jackpot lottery winnings…..wondering how you will spend and save the money without reminding yourself that actually winning the lottery is never going to happen.

“Bob stubbed his toe 3 weeks ago and his progress isn’t quite where we want it to be. We are shooting for the playoffs with Bob.”