The Colts' Defense, 2022 Season

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The open-field tackle by ) Zaire Franklin ) was particularly impressive.

On 3rd and 5, Ryan Tannehill scrambled out of the pocket and beyond the line of scrimmage. When he went around a Colts defender needing only 2 more yards, I though for sure that he was going to get the 1st down ...... but out of nowhere came Franklin, hitting Tannehill head-on and taking him down 2 yards short of the line to gain.

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Originally Posted by JAFF

Franklin also put Leonard out of the game.

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Before the start of the Titans game, I said that I didn't think that Leonard should be playing because of the fact that he was not yet 100% healthy (by his own admission), and I didn't want him to reaggravate the back injury that has taken him so long to rehabilitate ...... I wanted Leonard for the long run, and if that meant him missing the Titans game plus a couple of more games after that, then that is what Reich should have done (kept him on the bench for his own long-term welfare.) As a humanitarian, I don't like to see anybody get a concussion, but strictly as a football fan that is thinking in terms of his value to the team, the fact that the concussion has nothing to do with his back surgery is a good thing ...... and if the concussion keeps him out of the next 2 or 3 games, that may be the best thing for him in the long run. Again, I would not have had him playing at all on Sunday in the first place, but that wasn't my decision. I'm just glad that his continued recovery from the back surgery wasn't set back at all.

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[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Before the start of the Titans game, I said that I didn't think that Leonard should be playing because of the fact that he was not yet 100% healthy (by his own admission), and I didn't want him to reaggravate the back injury that has taken him so long to rehabilitate ...... I wanted Leonard for the long run, and if that meant him missing the Titans game plus a couple of more games after that, then that is what Reich should have done (kept him on the bench for his own long-term welfare.) As a humanitarian, I don't like to see anybody get a concussion, but strictly as a football fan that is thinking in terms of his value to the team, the fact that the concussion has nothing to do with his back surgery is a good thing ...... and if the concussion keeps him out of the next 2 or 3 games, that may be the best thing for him in the long run. Again, I would not have had him playing at all on Sunday in the first place, but that wasn't my decision. I'm just glad that his continued recovery from the back surgery wasn't set back at all.

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He is out for thursday

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Originally Posted by JAFF

He is out for Thursday.

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I know ...... and I'm glad. Not because he has a concussion, but because I want his back to be completely healthy before he takes the field again.

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[HoosierinFL]

His back is healthy, otherwise he would not have been cleared for return. The only reason he was held out of the first 3 games was not because of injury limitations, but because you can't play NFL quality football after 1 or 2 weeks of practice.

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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

His back is healthy, otherwise he would not have been cleared for return. The only reason he was held out of the first 3 games was not because of injury limitations, but because you can't play NFL quality football after 1 or 2 weeks of practice.

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At the beginning of the game, the announcer said otherwise about his back ...... they (Leonard and the Colts) said that for the first time in a long time he had been "pain-free for periods of time", but that the symptoms had come back now and then (came and went.) A player does not necessarily have to be 100% healthy in order to be cleared to play. If it is specifically a concussion, that is different, but not necessarily so for most other injuries.

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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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At the beginning of the game, the announcer said otherwise about his back ...... they (Leonard and the Colts) said that for the first time in a long time he had been "pain-free for periods of time", but that the symptoms had come back now and then (came and went.) A player does not necessarily have to be 100% healthy in order to be cleared to play. If it is specifically a concussion, that is different, but not necessarily so for most other injuries.

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I remember when I was in 9th grade, and ) Jack Youngblood ) fractured his leg (fibula) in the divisional playoff game against the Cowboys ...... one week later, he was playing in the championship playoff game against the Buccaneers. 2 weeks after that, he played in the Super Bowl against the Steelers.

Granted that that was 43 years ago and the specific rules about a player being cleared to play are stricter today, but I'm positive that if Youngblood was cleared to play one week after fracturing his fibula 43 years ago, then a player who has back-pain symptoms that come and go can be cleared to play today.



Against All Odds, Youngblood Played

(By Joey Johnston)

https://web.archive.org/web/20100415...dds-he-played/

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[Brylok]

Leonard has a broken nose on top of having the concussion. He'll probably be out for a while.