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The Colts have ruled out running back Joseph Addai (neck) and four other players for Sunday's game against the Eagles.
Addai did not travel with the team to Philadelphia. Tight end Brody Eldridge (rib), running back Mike Hart (ankle), linebacker Clint Session (elbow) and defensive back Justin Tryon (foot) all did not make the trip.
With both Addai and Hart sidelined, Donald Brown will make his first career start, despite the fact that he is still hampered by a hamstring injury. Brown had 16 yards on nine carries Monday night against the Texans in his first action since Week 3.
The Colts are second in the NFL in total offense, and not because of their run game, which ranks 23rd. Peyton Manning has been sacked only seven times this season and has been a master at dealing with the blitz.
Indianaolis also put wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez on injured reserve with a torn ligament in his knee.
The Colts already had ruled out defensive tackle Antonio Johnson (knee) and safety Bob Sanders (biceps) were ruled out Friday.
Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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