Luke Links: The "Holy O-Line, Peyton!" Edition

This edition is dedicated to our O-Line, which has - to put it mildly - experienced a few issues recently.  With Charlie Johnson, Jeff Saturday, Tony Ugoh and Jacques McClendon suffering from injuries or being held out unexpectedly, things aren't looking great right now.  While the most important thing is for them to return to health, the good news is that they aren't absolutely needed for several weeks yet.

Also, as promised, today's edition carries a couple of stories about the 49ers, the Colts' next opponent!

FROM THE SADDLE
Official Team News

• John Oehser (Special to Colts.com)
  • Antoine Bethea earned a Pro Bowl appearance and played in every game last season
  • The Colts are still focused on training camp, not the first pre-season game
  • Mike Pollak and Jamey Richard are ready to live "next man up"
• Jake Thompson (Colts.com)
  • looks at the 2nd year jump and the focus on special teams in camp
  • summarizes camp for August 11
  • Peyton Manning is glad that Tom Moore is still around, even in a different role

GREEN APPLES AND ROAD APPLES
Positive and Negative Analysis

• Don Banks (Sports Illustrated) The Colts should avoid a Super Bowl hangover
• Peter King (Sports Illustrated) sends a postcard from Colts' camp
• Phillip B. Wilson (Indy Star)
  • gets to know Thad Turner
  • gets to know Brody Eldridge
  • respects the Colts for helping a player in trouble
  • catch up on Phil B.'s blog
• Mike Chappell (Indy Star)
  • DT John Gill's season is likely over
  • Jerry Hughes adds an interesting dynamic to the pass rush
  • Jeff Saturday undergoes knee surgery
  • Adam Vinatieri is back!
  • Manning is working behind a makeshift O-Line
  • Mike answers readers' questions
• Bob Kravitz (Indy Star) sees the Hall of Fame for several Colts players and staff
• John Oesher (Indy Football Report, AOL Fanhouse)
  • Gonzo had intense workouts with Manning this summer
  • Manning is pleased with Wayne
  • Mr. Manning warns us to not get complacent
  • The Colts treat their rookies like men
  • Coach Caldwell supports Coach Christensen
• Brett Mock (Coltzilla) compiles camp Twitter updates (Monday, Wednesday) and offers observations (Monday, Wednesday)
• Jacob Crocker (Coltzilla) profiles WR Austin Collie, WR Pierre Garcon, WR Sam Giguere
• Greg Cowan (Coltzilla) debuts Coltzilla's podcast, Check It to Pancakes
• Associated Press The 2009 rookie class is ready to make a bigger impact
• Bill Barnwell (Football Outsiders) Reggie Wayne is an overvalued fantasy player
• ESPN The Colts make a number of O-Line roster moves
• Justin A. Cohn (The Journal Gazette) John Gill is in treatment for alcohol
• Stacy Clardie (The Journal Gazette) Indiana products Brandon King and Ray Fisher are trying to make the team
• Tom James (Tribune-Star) The Colts are showing compassion toward John Gill
• George Bremer (The Herald Tribune)
  • Brandon James hopes to show off his skills against the 49ers this Sunday
  • Anthony Gonzalez is set to return
• Reggie Hayes (The News-Sentinel) Another article focusing on Brandon James
• Anthony Shoettle (Indianapolis Business Journal) The Colts organization continues to try to win over fans
• Sean Leahy (USA Today) Tony Dungy thinks the Colts will return to the big game
• Tom Pedulla (USA Today) examines whether the Colts will suffer the curse of the Super Bowl
• The Sports Xchange (CBS Sports) The Colts report, the inside slant,
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Bill Polian talks about the O-Line with Jim Rome
• Josh Dhani (Colts Gab)
  • Anthony Gonzalez hopes to shine
  • Jeff Saturday has surgery
• Brooks Busch (Colts Chatter)
  • wonders where the holdout went
  • ponders who is the future at WR

OUTSIDE THE STABLE
Around the League

• David Climer (The Tennessean) The Titans are running a risk by relying so heavily on Chris Johnson (Editor's note: the pun was his, not mine)
• Tania Gangul (Florida Times-Union) The Jaguars' David Garrard was "on fire" against the Falcons in practice
• Richard Justice (Houston Chronicle) is looking forward to the Texans' first pre-season game
• Daniel Brown (San Jose Mercury News) The 49ers' DE Kentwan Balmer's absence isn't a big deal - to him
• Niner Pundit (49ersnews.com) Coach Singletary has named two first-rounders as starters on the O-Line (Editor's note: color me jealous!)
• David White (San Francisco Comical Chronicle) With injuries in the 49ers' linebacker corps, Bruce Davis, Jr. must learn quickly
• Obsessed With Sports offers AFC South division over/unders
• Bob Kravitz thinks NFL labor talks will turn ugly