In the Training Room
In the Training Room: Colts’ QB Peyton Manning
Jun 2nd
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Last off-season, Colts fans held their breath at news that their ever-durable QB Peyton Manning had neck surgery to address what was described as intermittent discomfort. After he proceeded to throw 761 times in the next 22 games (including pre-season, post-season and all 5 attempts in the Pro Bowl), it could easily be assumed that his neck was healthy and the issue resolved. But questions lingered – a rumor surfaced early in the season that Manning was still injured (or re-injured), eyebrows were raised when he wore compression sleeves on his elbows, and TV analysts commented that he didn’t look to have the same strength or precision as usual.
It appears that questions were answered a couple weeks ago when Manning announced that he had undergone a second neck surgery in as many years. The issue is… what were the right questions? Paul Kuharsky posted a great analysis pointing to what we should be asking. With answers to these questions, we’d understand better whether it was one particular disc that was a recurring issue, whether this is a broader issue with Peyton’s health, and whether his contract (whenever it comes) will represent a smart investment by the Colts. More >
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In the Training Room: Colts’ TE Dallas Clark on the Mend
Feb 5th
Despite the Colts not being participants in this year’s Super Bowl, the players are out and about being interviewed by the media. Dallas Clark responded to questions yesterday morning, including those about his rehabilitation from a displaced tendon injury in his right wrist.
Clark injured the wrist when he landed awkwardly toward the end of the October 17 game against the Redskins, and recently revealed that he had been in a cast for 3 months following surgery. More >
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In the Training Room: Impact of a Lockout on Rehab
Jan 26th
Melvin Bullitt
With a potential NFL lockout coming, two health-related impacts loom large for players. The first is the possible loss of health care benefits (Patriots’ OL Matt Light raises an excellent non-game-related example of how this affects players personally). The other is that players who are rehabbing from injury will not have access to team facilities beginning March 4. This article looks at who on the Colts’ team this is likely to affect most.
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In the Training Room: How the Colts’ Injuries Compare to the Packers’
Jan 22nd
It seems the Redskins were kryptonite for the Packers as well, as TE Jermichael Finley is carted off the field after injuring his knee in Week 5.
Tomorrow, the Green Bay Packers will be in Chicago to take on the Bears in the NFC Championship Game. The media have highlighted the Packers’ long injury list (15 players on IR), and earlier this week Football Outsiders published a games-lost-by-starters statistic showing that the Pack lost a total of 83 starter-games in 2010. The statistic also estimates that the Colts lost 89 starter-games – a significant number to be sure, but not significantly more than the Packers. It’s fair to wonder why the Packers have been able to recover enough from injuries to make it to the NFCCG, while the Colts are watching the rest of the playoffs on TV. This post offers a perspective.
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In the Training Room: Colts’ WR Austin Collie Suffers Another Concussion
Dec 21st
Austin Collie is helped off the field after suffering another concussion
After sitting out 3 games to recover from previous concussion symptoms, Austin Collie roared back to the field on Sunday, catching 8 passes for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns. Unfortunately, he would make another early exit as Jacksonville LB Daryl Smith’s forearm caught Collie’s neck awkwardly on an attempted seam route, resulting in yet another concussion.
One of the debates raging amongst fans and analysts right now is whether this was Collie’s second or third concussion. The team has been careful to classify this as his second, labelling his exit from the Patriots game as being due to a recurrence of symptoms from the original concussion suffered in the Eagles game. There are fans who believe that, because Collie was medically cleared to play in the Patriots game, an early exit due to concussion-like symptoms is tantamount to a separate concussion, thus making this most recent one his third.
To all of these arguments, I say… what does it matter? More >
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UPDATE In the Training Room: Jerraud Powers Injured
Dec 6th
Jerraud Powers
UPDATE 3: Phil B announces the end of Jerraud Powers’ season:
confirm signing of RB Dominic Rhodes and place CB Jerraud Powers (arm surgery) on season-ending IR.
UPDATE 2: Paul Kuharsky, who covers the AFC South for ESPN, suggests that Powers then play with it.
UPDATE: We now know that Powers has a broken bone in his right forearm. It is still undetermined whether this will land Powers on IR, but he will definitely be out for several weeks.
Fresh off a heart-breaking loss to the Cowboys in overtime, the Colts may now be reeling with another loss… this one to injury. Indy Star writer Phil B. Wilson just about Jerraud Powers’ status:
Hate to pile on, but I’m hearIng CB Jerraud Powers has serious arm injury. If so, he’s likely done for year.
Coltzilla will bring fresh news as we hear what the injury is.
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In the Training Room: How Much Better Could the Colts Be… and When?
Nov 22nd
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Injuries have been the unfortunate undertone – or maybe even the overtone – of this season. It’s a dangerous game to ask “what if” and tie a player to it… “What if Bullitt had been on the field against Woodhead?” “What if Sanders had been in against Vick?” The Colts preach “next man up,” and expect newcomers to execute.
However, injuries have been at least part of the story in each of the Colts’ four losses, where they were without the following players:
- v. Texans – Glenn, Lacey. C. Johnson, Saturday still recovering from injuries. Gonzo, Sanders injured during game.
- @ Jaguars – Brown, Conner, Garcon, Gonzo (later on IR), King, Richard, Sanders. Bullitt injured during game (later on IR)
- @ Eagles – Addai, Eldridge, Hart, A. Johnson, Powers, Sanders, Session, Tryon. Brackett, Collie injured during game.
- @ Patriots – Addai, Brackett, Hart, Sanders, Session, Tryon. Collie re-injured during game.
So what can Colts fans realistically expect in terms of the return of each of the above players? Bullitt, Gonzo and King are obviously out of play, as they are already on IR. Several have already come back, including Brown, Conner, Eldridge, Garcon, Glenn, A. Johnson, Lacey, and Powers. After the jump is my guess at the picture for the rest. Remember that I am not a doctor, nor do I have any information above that which has already been made public.
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In the Training Room: Colts LB Clint Session
Nov 5th
With his dislocated elbow and broken arm in a brace, Session helps Hayden tackle Arian Foster in the 4th quarter. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
One of the break-out players in Monday night’s game against the Texans was Clint Session, who had eight tackles, a pass defensed, and a ribcage rattling sack on Houston QB Matt Schaub that I honestly thought would send Schaub to the bench. Eight minutes into the 2nd quarter, Session stood in front of a rushing Andre Johnson, who juked just enough that Session’s arm was caught awkwardly in the tackle. The result was a dislocated elbow and fractured forearm. In the Training Room takes a look at the injury and whether there is hope that Session can return this season.
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UPDATE: Colts WR Anthony Gonzalez to be Out for ‘Several Weeks’
Nov 5th
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images
According to WLFI Channel 18′s Anthony Calhoun, Anthony Gonzalez is expected to be out for an “extended period of time,” up to several weeks, due to a knee injury sustained in the November 1st game against Houston. The assumption is that he sustained the injury when Texans’ safety Bernard Pollard, an accomplished knee-killer, rode Gonzo out of bounds and drove him into the turf.
Coltzilla does not have any inside knowledge, but it is reasonable to speculate that he suffered a broken or dislocated patella (kneecap) on the play. Updates to follow as we get them.
Update Nov 5 – it is now being reported by John Clayton that Gonzo’s injury is to his PCL. One re-tweet, by CBSSportsNFL characterizes the injury as “,” More >
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