Knee Surgery Will End Rob Morris' Season

Indianapolis Colts linebacker Rob Morris is done for the season after having surgery on his knee today.

This is a tough loss for the Colts' improved run defense, which was helped a bit last season when Morris, who was benched at middle linebacker for Gary Brackett in 2005, was re-inserted into the linebacking corps on the strong side. Losing Morris means the Colts have lost not only a starting outside linebacker, but also their backup middle linebacker. Rocky Boiman is expected to replace Morris in the lineup.

As for the remaining injured Colts, including Marvin Harrison, Joseph Addai, Bob Sanders and Ben Utecht, team doctors have yet to clear any of them to return to action, and Tony Dungy is planning on not having any of them next Sunday against Tampa Bay, which is on a three-game winning streak. I suspect that for Colts fans, the bye week can't get here soon enough.