Colts’ injury woes continue as QB Charlie Whitehurst goes on IR

The loss dropped the Dolphins to 5-10 and gave them a double-digit loss total for the first time since 2011 when they started 0-7 and finished 6-10.

Hasselbeck is expected to play through several injuries as the visiting Colts try to avoid their longest skid in four years Sunday against the struggling Miami Dolphins. They’ll be eliminated Monday night if Cincinnati wins at Denver.

“The throws have been there, but we just haven’t been calling them”, Hilton said. But we’ve got all kinds of guys banged up right now. “If we have to go down that road, we’ll have to decide who gets the lion’s share of the reps (in practice)”.

RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK: Miami (5-10) was eliminated two weeks ago, and a half-empty stadium reflected the sad state of the franchise.

“He feels like it’s on his shoulders, and it’s not”, Dolphins interim coach Dan Campbell said of Douglas.

The Dolphins, on just about every possible level.

Colts coach Chuck Pagano said he doesn’t have an update on quarterback Andrew Luck, who has missed the past six games with a kidney/abdomen injury.

Whitehurst completed a third-down pass on his first play, setting up the Colts’ second touchdown for a 15-6 lead. “The defence really delivered”.

Following Whitehurst, the Colts also placed guard Hugh Thornton on injured reserve after the veteran started 12 games for the team in 2015. Freeman, 27, has not taken a snap since 2013. He said he is “not super optimistic” he’ll be ready to play next week.

“He’s the only healthy one we have in the building right now”, Pagano said. He left Sunday with his arm in a sling after adding a shoulder injury to his list of ailments.

This game may come down to a few things on the offensive side of the ball for both teams.

To make it, and perhaps save Pagano’s job, Indianapolis still needs a lot of help from around the league and another win from its depleted quarterback corps. “That’s something we have to fix”. But the Colts’ defense sacked Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill on a fourth-and-goal, allowing the Colts to take a knee and run out the clock. Colts outside linebacker Robert Mathis sped in to tackle Tannehill for his second sack of the game and 118th of his career. “It’s never one man’s fault”.

Gore, a former Miami Hurricanes star, ran 15 times for 85 yards after failing to clear 60 yards in his past five games. It’s like the time you unlocked those players in NBA Jam as a kid.

Meanwhile, the reactions range from stoic to livid to just plain sad, but the general theme is exactly what Ryan Tannehill expressed Sunday at the end of a day that featured him getting sacked six times and throwing an end-zone interception. A questionable offensive pass interference penalty on the Dolphins’ Jarvis Landry negated a Tannehill touchdown pass to Jordan Cameron, and they settled for a field goal. Already the Dolphins single-season receptions leader, Landry reached a milestone when he went over 100 receptions for the season.