Indianapolis Colts Reeling From Injuries

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The Indianapolis Colts had 14 players either out or limited in practice this week. It got to a point where head coach Tony Dungy had to do some serious improvising.

“We’ve had defensive linemen practicing on offense; the same guys running (pass) routes for both sides. That’s where you have to be careful that it doesn’t wear your team down. But you still have to try and get that good high tempo practice. And for a couple of weeks, we’ve been able to hang in and do that.”

Yeah, but they lost two straight games (New England and San Diego) in the process. This is typically the time of year when injuries start piling up and the Colts are hurting. Their most publicized loss was that of All-Pro DE Dwight Freeney for the rest of the season. And those players who missed practice yesterday included OT Daniel Federkeil, TE Bryan Fletcher (calf), S Matt Giordano (hamstring), WRs Anthony Gonzalez (thumb) and Marvin Harrison (knee), CBs Dante Hughes (shoulder) and Tim Jennings (upper leg) and LB Tyjuan Hagler (neck). They are all listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

If the Colts can survive this stretch of bad luck without letting any more games slip away, they should position themselves nicely in the AFC postseason picture. But it might already be too late to think about home field in the playoffs with the Patriots running amuck.