Colts DE Freeney along with several other starters missed practice with injuries

The most important thing the Indianapolis Colts need to do now should be to make sure all the starters will be healthy enough before the Super Bowl game against the New Orleans Saints. With more a week left for the game, they still have time to make it.

Starting defensive end Dwight Freeney is one of the focuses as he has missed two consecutive days of practice because of a sprained right ankle. Good news is that Colts Coach said Freeney is coming along in his recovery and team president Bill Polian is confident that Freeney will put on his Colts jersey to play in next week’s Super Bowl games.

Other injured starters who missed Thursday practice include starting cornerback Jerraud Powers and starting safety Melvin Bullitt. Powers sat out with a left foot injury that caused him to miss Sunday’s AFC Championship game against the New York Jets, and Bullitt did not practice because of a knee injury.

Colts injured DE Freeney expects to play against Titans

In Sunday’s game the Indianapolis Colts playing against the Seattle Seahawks, Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney made a surprise appearance and went in about 20 plays, although he was still having a strained right quadriceps that many expected to keep him off the field up to three weeks.

Quarterback Peyton Manning called Freeney’s presence in Sunday’s victory over the Seahawks inspirational. However, Freeney himself said it’s just part of the job.

“You know it (your career) is only going to last so long, and you never know when it’s going to be over,” he said. “So you want to maximize your opportunities to be out there. This is what I love to do.”

The former league sacks champion acknowledged he was not feeling 100 percent one day after the game, but he still thought the playing was worth it. He also expects to play again this week against the Titans at Tennessee, as long as it didn’t make the injury worse.