Gunzlingr
10-22-2003, 09:15 AM
Edgerrin James is antsy.
After three games as an anxious bystander and an uneventful bye weekend, the Indianapolis Colts running back is ready to break loose from the training room and start breaking tackles on the field.
James says his back feels good, although there's no pain-free guarantee. Two fractured transverse process bones in his lower back mean there's no telling what could happen when James returns to the starting lineup as the Colts (5-1) host AFC South rival Houston (2-4) on Sunday at the RCA Dome.
The only certainty is that James knows he's suiting up.
"I am playing this week," James said after working up a modest sweat in Monday's practice. "There's no doubt about it."
Some of his down time was precautionary. He practiced the previous two game weeks but was scratched as a game-time decision. Colts coach Tony Dungy is thinking big picture. He wants his runner as healthy as possible for the long haul.
Dungy isn't sure that James is 100 percent but presumes he's close. The coach expects James to "really be ready to go.
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After three games as an anxious bystander and an uneventful bye weekend, the Indianapolis Colts running back is ready to break loose from the training room and start breaking tackles on the field.
James says his back feels good, although there's no pain-free guarantee. Two fractured transverse process bones in his lower back mean there's no telling what could happen when James returns to the starting lineup as the Colts (5-1) host AFC South rival Houston (2-4) on Sunday at the RCA Dome.
The only certainty is that James knows he's suiting up.
"I am playing this week," James said after working up a modest sweat in Monday's practice. "There's no doubt about it."
Some of his down time was precautionary. He practiced the previous two game weeks but was scratched as a game-time decision. Colts coach Tony Dungy is thinking big picture. He wants his runner as healthy as possible for the long haul.
Dungy isn't sure that James is 100 percent but presumes he's close. The coach expects James to "really be ready to go.
http://www.indystar.com/images/pics2/image-085447-1586.jpg
more (http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/3/085447-6953-038.html)