The Colts' Defense, 2022 Season

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

His back is healthy, otherwise he would not have been cleared for return. The only reason he was held out of the first 3 games was not because of injury limitations, but because you can't play NFL quality football after 1 or 2 weeks of practice.

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At the beginning of the game, the announcer said otherwise about his back ...... they (Leonard and the Colts) said that for the first time in a long time he had been "pain-free for periods of time", but that the symptoms had come back now and then (came and went.) A player does not necessarily have to be 100% healthy in order to be cleared to play. If it is specifically a concussion, that is different, but not necessarily so for most other injuries.

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