2011 Colts Training Camp: Injuries And Ailments For Players Like Ernie Sims And Jamaal Anderson
by Brad Wells on Aug 8, 2011 11:58 AM EDT
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It's the second week of training camp, and as camp transitions from walkthroughs to actual practices that involve hitting and pads, naturally the injuries are going to mount.
At today's morning practice, a few injuries and other ailments struck that Colts seemingly all at once:
- Jamaal Anderson has a slight hamstring injury. His leg was wrapped at practice, per Phil Wilson. No word on severity.
- Ernie Sims had an appendectomy this weekend. He's out two weeks.
- Kavell Conner has a cast on his hand after dislocating some fingers.
- Rookie wideout Joe Horn and guard Jamey Richard left practice this morning with undisclosed injuries.
Sims and Anderson are vets, and missing camp time isn't that big a deal for them. Lineman James Williams is already in a walking cast, as is Chris Rucker.
According to Tom James of the Tribune Star, the players held out of practice this morning included TE Rob Myers, WR Kole Heckendorf, DE Dwight Freeney, CB Chris Rucker, OG Jaimie Thomas, OT James Williams, QB Peyton Manning, TE Brody Eldridge, and WR Blair White.
Manning, Eldridge, and White are all on PUP.
DeMario Pressley was back at practice.
In other news, Jim Irsay just tweeted this a few minutes ago:
Come on people,we're solid at WR but we gotta find kick-punt returner on r roster or off the streets
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Can Randy Moss return punts?
I kid, I kid.
The Artist Formerly Known As beerbrunch.
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Kick Returner???
Does anyone know what Usain Bolt is doing now a days??? :)
Yeah new gay rules make the KR part almost worthless
Should be interestign how Sp Team coaches work around this…especially those teams with returners like Washington and Hester
Go Blue!
Revenue - Expenses = Profit
we still need a returner!!
Kickers arent just going to boom the ball thru the endzone, theyre going to kick the ball high in the air and let the coverage unit try to pin the offense deep. They get an extra 5 yards to get downfield. A good kicker will hang the ball up and have it come down around the 5, then the returner (especially the COLTS RETURNER) will have nowhere to go!
Just wait and see, the Colts will have one of the worst starting field positions in the league…unless we find a decent returner
I am still having Cromartie/Jets playoff flashbacks.
"Do you think this brain thing is a gimmick?" Bobby "the Brain" Heenan
I think Dezz is on the right track
The coverage team no longer has a running start, they have to have a foot on the 35 when the ball is kicked, that will make up the 5 yard difference from last year. Why take a chance on a big return when you could reduce the chance of injury by booting it out of the back of the end zone?
Defense is more important than breathing.
i agree
With this
See Ball, Get Ball. Quarterback Has Ball, Sack Him.
8-19-2010 Hell froze over, Painter has perect passer rating
by 7_Painter's_First_Fan on Aug 8, 2011 3:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually
KR will still be a huge part of the game. What this does is allow for speedy guys to get one cut lanes because there’s no more clogging up the field with people already at full speed despite the ball barely being in the air. This could actually boost the amount of long returns.
If I’m right, what you will see is a larger number of big returns and more starts at the 20 yard line. You won’t see a lot of mid range returns (20 yards).
by DevilsReject on Aug 8, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Injuries, injuries
These arent to bad..unlike the Lions who have lost their first 3 picks of the draft to injury… fairlyes out for a month with an ankel injury they just lost RB Leshoure with an Achilles, out for season..knock on wood none of OUR top 3 picks get lost to a serious injury!
We NEED our top 3 to be able to contribute SOO badly if we want to make it back to the Promised Land
Go Blue!
Revenue - Expenses = Profit
yes stay healthy
Colts will ahve better luck this year need INDY in INDY the absolute worst would be seeing the Pussiots in Indy playing for the SB, PMONEY cannot let that happen and need T Harris to stay healthy he will contribute the most out of the 3 free agents he may have a big yr if he can stay healthy
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude
learn to use punctuation, seriously. I felt a lot dumber just trying to read your posts.
dude
he has a medical condition. How long have u been reading this blog? I’ve seen it explained 3-4 times. Now u just look like an ass.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
I'm terribly sorry
I haven’t seen the explanation, so I did not know.
No. I'm the one that's sorry. I take it back. I was mistaken 100%.
And I’m especially sorry I called you an ass. It was way out of line. I feel like I turned on one of my own, a fellow grammarian. I’ll try to go check out your articles over on Coltsider.com.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
So much confusion!!
So there is no medical condition?
I’m not really a grammarian, but there wasn’t one piece of punctuation and about 8 sentences worth of opinion.
How’d you know I was writing at Coltsider.com? Pretty cool that you’ve heard about it, didn’t want to pimp it here out of respect for BBS & Stampede Blue, plus I still enjoy following/commenting here as well.
But please come check it out, I recently posted an article about our CB situation, and am working on one now about our RB’s, let me know what you think.
Really enjoyed your breakdown of the Colts-Texans game last year
Painful to rehash, but solid analysis nonetheless. Look forward to reading more about games that are more fun to remember.
Thanks...
That article (or series) isn’t done by me, but I’ll probably be doing a weekly matchup analysis once the regular season starts.
New blog
If you want Stampede Blue to ‘pimp’ a new blog, email us info about it and we’ll do so. I’m all for new Colts blogs! My one criteria is I usually like to see a few weeks (or months) of work before I tell people to follow the blog. Blog writers are often fickle, and blogs pop up and go away in the blink of an eye.
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Cool, will do.
Like I said, I’m publishing another article this week about our RB situation (already addressed the CB’s), I think the site has been up about 2 weeks now, I’ll e-mail you at the end of the week (?).
I can’t speak for all of the writers there, since I’m new to them all, but I really think/hope that you’ll like some of the stuff that I write. Also hope that there’s no hard feelings or w/e cause I still enjoy reading/commenting on this site.
I assume u are talking about the guy above me
because I do not have a medical condition but this came under my post and not the one above me, and who uses Dude anymore( that term is old, tired and worn out ,and low class)
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
what? I've seen people rip you before for your admittedly terrible typing
and could’ve sworn you wrote back about how it is very difficult for you to type due to some condition. Ok, I take it back. You’re just inarticulate naturally.
Also, did you just call us low class after using such terms as PMoney and Pussiots in your post? Dude is at least in the dictionary.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Aug 8, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I have never ripped anyone about their typing!!!!
or even commented about their typing or anyones articulation ever, I am writing this inbetween seeing patients in my office , so I am typing fast and I will be the first to admit I make mistakes,, BUT I thought the purpose of this blog was to comment about the Colts and not rip other people, so PMoney and Pussiots are nicknames that I use just like other people use nicknames and many other people on this blog use P-Money as a nickname for Peyton, I admit , I was not the first to use that nickname,,, and DUDE in my book is a term for surfers or 20 yo , maybe u are only 20, and I didn’t start this one u guys did, I would hazard to guess that my IQ is equal or above yours or maybe I just got lucky to become a board certified doctor in my specialty, so I suggest you spend your time commenting on the Colts and not ripping other people who are fellow Colts fans. I didn’t know this was English class. I will keep commenting on this blog unless BBS blocks me for some reason.
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we're just talking past each other, and it's causing a misunderstanding.
Respectfully, I’m done with this convo. I originally tried to defend you based on obviously mistaken information, probably due to my misunderstanding a long-ago response of yours written in haste. I still could have sworn you once wrote a long multi-paragraph explanation of some non-OBGYN medical account, that I must have wrongly taken as autobiographical. If you have time someday, come back and reread today’s exchange. I’m sorry you do not like the nickname dude, but I never called YOU that nickname. I’m not actually offended by the low-class thing, i just thought it was ironic that you’d complain about it. I look forward to chatting with you about the Colts more. Thanks for your nice comments below about my disgust with the KO rules.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
let's just drop the entire thing
misunderstanding, no offense taken
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Peace! Sheesh, that 1st preseason game can't happen soon enough!
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Aug 8, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
thanks. this has not been my day. glad i didn't hallucinate it.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
I definitely don't have a problem with comments.
And I’m never going to be a grammar-nazi, but there’s a difference between a few typos/misspellings and rambling an entire paragraph off without using a single piece of punctuation. It gets to a point where it’s extremely difficult to not only read, but to follow your train of thought.
It’s just a piece of advice, if you want people to better follow & understand what you are trying to say, separate different thoughts & points with periods and comma’s.
point taken
let’s just drop the entire thing,, mis-understanding, no offense taken
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
and I did not call anyone low class
if you read the above correctly, I said the word Dude is low class, did not say any person was low class
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
no need to hate on low class dudes, man
i don't give autographs
by muncie_in_this on Aug 9, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
what is wrong with Devon Moore
they said he has looked great returning kicks and Blair White when he is back solid and reliable punt returner when he heals, do not understand that tweet and Simms will be back hopefully they did the appendix thru the scope( just some untimely bad luck for him , but better now than in 4-5 weeks!!!!
Now I'm no astrophysicist, rocket surgeon, or even a physical therapist
But the new kickoff rules are illogical from a strictly Newtonian point of view.
I read the story at the indianapolis star (by Phil B Wilson). They made 2 changes: you kick off from the 35 instead of the 30, and the coverage unit has to start stationary with a foot planted— no running starts. The plan is to lessen injuries. I can see how moving the ball placement is conducive to more touchbacks, but if you have the tacklers start standing, that basically is going to slow them getting there, making it more likely that a returner is going to risk taking it out of the endzone. The stand-still rule negates the 35-yard-line rule. It’ll be a wash, with no fewer injuries. Tacklers are still going to be at full speed when the 2 squads eventually clash. Just silly.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
good point
hope Moore stays healthy , he has been looking fast at camp
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Very logical for a rocket surgeon
"Do you think this brain thing is a gimmick?" Bobby "the Brain" Heenan
Very logical indeed
The Indianapolis Colts are going to be the 1st team to win a super bowl in their own stadium. 'nuff said.
This plasma coil needs to have its thyroid removed.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
There will be fewer injuries because there will be fewer returns.
If the ball ends up going through the end zone more often than last year, that means fewer returns which means fewer injuries.
Defense is more important than breathing.
I would imagine that
everyone has already figured that out
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Aug 8, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
It's still a disappointing patchwork solution. And it only works if teams blast it deep.
Strategically, I’d like to see Pat McAfee try to drop it just 2-3 yards behind the goalline, just to force the antsy return guy to make the catch and be tempted to try to return it anyway, possibly coughing it up or getting stopped at the 15 or so.
If and when teams do return, it’s just as dangerous as the last few years. Have we exhausted the ways we can tweak rules and techniques to address this problem? I don’t want to see teams lose players to injury either. It seems like both the KO and the KR teams got something in this compromise, leaving us back at stalemate. It does cut injuries, but by cutting plays out of the game. And if the full-speed collisions are what are most dangerous, haven’t just about all of them (except the already-reduced wedge collisions) occurred by the time the returner decides to kneel or not?
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
Strategically, I’d like to see Pat McAfee try to drop it just 2-3 yards behind the goalline,
Didn’t they do that in the Jets game, I think it was 5yrds deep and it still cost up the game. As a Colts fan I love this rule, it will reduce injuries and it will help the Colts in area that has given them serious problems that last few years, kick off coverage.
If and when teams do return, it’s just as dangerous as the last few years. Have we exhausted the ways we can tweak rules and techniques to address this problem?
Yes if they return it is just as dangerous as in the past, any time you get that many big guys, going that fast at each other, there is going to be major injuries. I don’t think there is a way to tweek that rule that will make kick returns any safer. They have tried, getting rid of the wedge I don’t know if that helped or not. There seems to be to many catastrophic injuries on kick returns. I don’t want to watch a Roy Hall, Dedric Killings incident happen ever again. We lost Hall for the season and Killings never played again.
I am in favor of this rule and I think will be effective in reducing injuries.
sorry to soapbox ramble
Defense is more important than breathing.
there's plenty of soapboxes and streetcorners for us all
You are probably right. Sigh. As a fan, I love watching PR and KR, one of the most exciting phases of the game, since so much can hinge on it. But as a player, I’m sure I’d be relieved.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
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