1 14-2
Losing Their Edge
AFC EAST
The Colts are essentially the same 14-2 team as last year, but must fill
the gaping hole left by Pro Bowl running back Edgerrin James
AFC NORTH
The Colts were poised to are a heavy favorite to fulfill their son surgeries on his wrist and KEY ARRIVALS
return to the Super Bowl for the Super Bowl dream. elbow, but is expected to be at
first time since 1971 until chaos full speed in camp. Harrison
broke out against Pittsburgh. QUARTERBACKS remains a terrifying deep threat
Since Mike Vanderjagt’s kick Manning turned 30 in the off- and has scored more than 10
AFC SOUTH
sailed way, way, way left, the season and enters what should be touchdowns in each of the last
team had to watch the Steelers the prime of what already is a seven seasons. Reggie Wayne
win Super Bowl XL and wonder possible Hall of Fame career. became the first Colts receiver
NFL RANK 7th
JOSEPH ADDAI
PROJECTED
STARTERS
OFFENSE
AFC EAST
POS PLAYER
WR Marvin Harrison
WR Reggie Wayne
LT Tarik Glenn
LG Ryan Lilja
C Jeff Saturday
RG Jake Scott
RT Ryan Diem
AFC NORTH
TE Dallas Clark
QB Peyton Manning
RB Joseph Addai
FB James Mungro
DEFENSE
AFC SOUTH
POS PLAYER
LDE Raheem Brock
LDT Corey Simon
RDT Montae Reagor
RDE Dwight Freeney
SLB Gilbert Gardner
MLB Gary Brackett
WLB Cato June
AFC WEST
LCB Marlin Jackson
RCB Jason David
FS Bob Sanders
SS Mike Doss
NFC EAST
LINEBACKERS corner. Free safety Bob Sanders
2005 TEAM LEADERS
Outside LB Cato June earned earned a Pro Bowl nod. Strong
a trip to Honolulu and returned safety Mike Doss had two picks
PASSING ATT COMP YDS TD
NFC NORTH
two of his five interceptions for last year. Peyton Manning 453 305 3,747 28
touchdowns. Gary Brackett will RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD
man the middle and Gilbert SPECIAL TEAMS Edgerrin James 360 1,506 4.2 13
Gardner will step in for the The addition of Vinatieri gives Dominic Rhodes 40 118 3 4
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD
departed Thornton, who signed the Colts the postseason kicker
NFL RANK 3rd AVERAGE VALUE
PER CARD $14.93 > NFL RANK 1st
TEAM ROSTER 2005 RESULTS (14-2)
# QUARTERBACKS AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE
5 Travis Brown QB 28 6-3 215 7 Northern Arizona
18 Peyton Manning QB 30 6-5 230 9 Tennessee
Sept. 11 at Baltimore W 24-7
12 Jim Sorgi QB 25 6-5 196 3 Wisconsin Sept. 18 Jacksonville W 10-3
# RUNNING BACKS AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE Sept. 25 Cleveland W 13-6
- Joseph Addai RB 23 5-11 215 R LSU
31 Kory Chapman RB 25 6-1 202 2 Jacksonville State Oct. 2 at Tennessee W 31-10
23 James Mungro RB 28 5-9 214 5 Syracuse Oct. 9 at San Francisco W 28-3
31 Vashon Pearson RB 23 5-10 205 2 Mississippi Oct. 17 St. Louis W 45-28
33 Dominic Rhodes RB 27 5-9 203 6 Midwestern State
# RECEIVERS AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE Oct. 23 at Houston W 38-20
10 Roscoe Crosby WR 23 6-2 210 2 Clemson BYE WEEK
88 Marvin Harrison WR 33 6-0 175 11 Syracuse Nov. 7 at New England W 40-21
85 Aaron Moorehead WR 25 6-3 200 4 Illinois
11 John Standeford WR 24 6-4 206 2 Purdue Nov. 13 Houston W 31-17
83 Brandon Stokley WR 29 5-11 197 8 Louisiana-Lafayette Nov. 20 at Cincinnati W 45-37
87 Reggie Wayne WR 27 6-0 198 6 Miami (FL)
Nov. 28 Pittsburgh W 26-7
44 Dallas Clark TE 26 6-3 252 4 Iowa
81 Bryan Fletcher TE 27 6-5 230 2 UCLA Dec. 4 Tennessee W 35-3
80 Ben Hartsock TE 25 6-4 255 3 Ohio State Dec. 11 at Jacksonville W 26-18
48 Justin Snow TE 29 6-3 240 7 Baylor
47 Ben Utecht TE 24 6-6 251 3 Minnesota Dec. 18 San Diego L 17-26
# OFFENSIVE LINE AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE Dec. 24 at Seattle L 13-28
57 Dylan Gandy C 24 6-3 302 2 Texas Tech Jan. 1 Arizona W 17-13
61 Mike Johnson C 24 6-4 290 2 Kansas State
63 Jeff Saturday C 30 6-2 295 8 North Carolina
71 Ryan Diem OT 26 6-6 320 6 Northern Illinois PLAYOFFS
76 Makoa Freitas OT 26 6-4 295 4 Arizona Jan. 15 Pittsburgh L 18-21
78 Tarik Glenn OT 29 6-5 332 10 California
- Charlie Johnson OT 22 6-3 302 R Oklahoma State
78 Bo Lacy OT 25 6-4 300 3 Arkansas
74 Joaquin Gonzalez OG 26 6-5 300 5 Miami (FL) HOME AWAY
65 Ryan Lilja OG 24 6-2 285 3 Kansas State
73 Jake Scott OG 25 6-5 288 3 Idaho
- Michael Toudouze OG 23 6-6 302 R TCU
69 Matt Ulrich OG 24 6-2 309 2 Northwestern 2006 SCHEDULE
# DEFENSIVE LINE AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE
79 Raheem Brock DE 27 6-4 274 5 Temple
93 Dwight Freeney DE 26 6-1 268 5 Syracuse DATE OPPONENT TIME*
98 Robert Mathis DE 25 6-2 235 4 Alabama A&M Sept. 10 at N.Y. Giants 8:15 PM
95 Darrell Reid DE 23 6-2 288 2 Minnesota Sept. 17 Houston 1:00 PM
91 Josh Thomas DE 24 6-5 271 3 Syracuse
99 Jonathan Welsh DE 23 6-4 228 2 Wisconsin Sept. 24 Jacksonville 1:00 PM
72 Vincent Burns DT 24 6-2 260 2 Kentucky Oct. 1 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 PM
57 Brandon Miller DT 30 6-1 299 3 Georgia Oct. 8 Tennessee 1:00 PM
90 Montae Reagor DT 28 6-3 285 8 Texas Tech
97 Corey Simon DT 29 6-2 293 7 Florida State BYE WEEK
96 Josh Williams DT 29 6-3 285 7 Michigan Oct. 22 Washington 4:15 PM
# LINEBACKERS AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE Oct. 29 at Denver 4:15 PM
58 Gary Brackett LB 25 5-11 235 4 Rutgers
51 Gilbert Gardner LB 24 6-1 228 3 Purdue Nov. 5 at New England 8:15 PM
55 Johnathan Goddard LB 25 6-0 238 2 Marshall Nov. 12 Buffalo 1:00 PM
59 Cato June LB 26 6-0 227 4 Michigan
- Freddy Keiaho LB 23 5-11 227 R San Diego State
Nov. 19 at Dallas 1:00 PM
49 Chris Laskowski LB 24 5-9 210 2 Florida Atlantic Nov. 26 Philadelphia 1:00 PM
94 Rob Morris LB 31 6-2 243 7 Brigham Young Dec. 3 at Tennessee 1:00 PM
53 Keith O’Neil LB 25 6-0 240 4 Northern Arizona
52 Keyon Whiteside LB 26 6-0 229 4 Tennessee Dec. 10 at Jacksonville 1:00 PM
# DEFENSIVE BACKS AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE Dec. 18 Cincinnati 8:30 PM
- Antoine Bethea CB 21 5-11 203 R Howard Dec. 24 at Houston 1:00 PM
42 Jason David CB 23 5-8 172 3 Washington State
25 Nick Harper CB 31 5-10 182 6 Fort Valley State Dec. 31 Miami 1:00 PM
26 Kelvin Hayden CB 22 6-0 195 2 Illinois
37 Eric Hill CB 25 6-0 190 2 Colorado State HOME AWAY
27 Von Hutchins CB 25 5-9 181 3 Mississippi *All Times Eastern
28 Marlin Jackson CB 22 6-0 196 2 Michigan
- Tim Jennings CB 22 5-8 186 R Georgia
- T.J. Rushing DB 22 5-10 175 R Stanford
20 Mike Doss S 25 5-10 207 4 Ohio State KEY GAME
43 Matt Giordano S 23 5-11 192 2 California
36 Brandon Lynch S 24 5-11 192 2 Middle Tennessee State This Monday night game against the Bengals could be a
36 Dexter Reid S 25 5-11 203 3 North Carolina
21 Bob Sanders S 25 5-8 206 3 Iowa preview of the AFC Championship. Cincinnati will also be
38 Gerome Sapp S 25 6-1 216 4 Notre Dame the fifth team the Colts play that went to the playoffs
# KICKER/PUNTER AGE HT WT EXP COLLEGE
4 Adam Vinatieri K 33 6-0 202 11 South Dakota State last season.
17 Hunter Smith P 28 6-2 209 8 Notre Dame
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