Eric Foster surgery a success

The play was painful to watch during last night’s Monday Night Football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Defensive tackle Eric Foster suffered a dislocated right ankle in the second quarter when he got tangled up with the pile while trying to assist on a tackle. With today’s HD TVs, you could practically hear the *POP*. 

Immediately upon being removed from the field, Foster chest pounding to his teammates the whole way, Foster was evaluated overnight and taken to a Florida hospital, where he had ankle surgury this morning and will remain for the next few days. His season is over, but as every football player knows, injuries are just part of the game.

 ”I think you have to deal with injuries in this business,” Colts coach Jim Caldwell said after the game. “They happen. You just have to find a way to overcome it. That’s what we talk about — the next man up. Somebody has got to fill in and be ready to play.”

The “next man up” to take Foster’s place is still TBD, but the top candidates being considered from the practice squad are Ricardo Matthews or Ollie Ogbu.

The 24-17 loss to the Bucs Monday night just added insult to the Colts’ roster of team injuries. It is still early in the season, so the future is not looking so bright in Indianapolis.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 3:10 pm by michelle

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Only five playoff teams on Colts’ 2010 schedule

By Bud L. Ellis

If the Indianapolis Colts hope to repeat as AFC champions, they won’t have to navigate too difficult of a journey in 2010 to return to the playoffs and defend their title.

The National Football League has released the list of home games and road games for every team. Dates and times will be finalized later this spring.

For the Colts, a look at the schedule shows Indy will play just five of its 16 games against playoff teams from last season. At home, Indy faces AFC West champion San Diego, NFC East champion Dallas and AFC North champion Cincinnati. The other five games are against teams that didn’t make the playoffs: Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Kansas City and the New York Giants.

Only two of Indy’s eight road games are against postseason qualifiers: at NFC wild-card team Philadelphia and against AFC East champion New England. The rest of the road slate includes visits to Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Denver, Oakland and Washington.

The Colts’ schedule is tied with Cleveland’s for 10th-toughest in the NFL, based on opponents’ winning percentage.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 7:36 pm by bud

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