INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

TABLE OF CONTENTS / IMPORTANT NFL DATES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Game Preview/Schedules .............................................................1
Table of Contents/Important Information .......................................2
Injury Update/Colts Notes ..........................................................3-5
Colts-Opponent Statistical Comparison .....................................6-7
Head Coach Comparison ..............................................................8
Connections ..................................................................................9
Probable Starters....................................................................10-11
Ryan Grigson Notes ....................................................................12
Reggie Wayne Notes .............................................................13-14
Robert Mathis Notes....................................................................15
Andrew Luck Notes ................................................................16-17
Adam Vinatieri Notes..............................................................18-19
Coaches Locations on Gameday ................................................20
Unofficial Colts Depth Chart ........................................................21
Colts Players By Position ............................................................22
How the Colts were Built .............................................................23
Colts Alphabetical Roster ............................................................24
Colts Numerical Roster ...............................................................25
Colts Transactions..................................................................26-27
Colts Participation .......................................................................28
2013 Colts Regular Season Stats ...............................................29
2013 Colts Regular Season Defensive Stats ..............................30
COLTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
The Indianapolis Colts will celebrate 30 seasons as an NFL franchise
in Indianapolis this year. Professional football came to the city
on March 28, 1984, when Robert Irsay moved the historic NFL franchise
from Baltimore to Indianapolis.
IMPORTANT NFL DATES
OCTOBER 7-9
Fall League Meeting, Washington, D.C.
OCTOBER 15
Beginning the day after the conclusion of the sixth regular season
weekend and continuing through the day after the conclusion of the
11th regular season weekend, clubs are permitted to begin practicing
players on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform and Reserve/Non-Football
Injury or Illness for a period not to exceed 21
days. Players may be activated during the 21-day practice period
or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the day after the conclusion
of the 21-day period.
OCTOBER 27
NFL International Series, San Francisco 49ers vs. Jacksonville
Jaguars, London, England.
OCTOBER 29
All trading ends for 2013 at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
OCTOBER 30
Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are
subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season
and postseason.
NOVEMBER 12
At 4:00 p.m., New York time, signing period ends for Franchise
Players who are eligible to receive Offer Sheets.
NOVEMBER 12
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their
unsigned Franchise and Transition Players, including Franchise
Players who were eligible to receive Offer Sheets until this date. If
still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing
in the NFL in 2013.
NOVEMBER 12
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to sign their
Unrestricted Free Agents to whom the “June 1 Tender” was made.
If still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing
in the NFL in 2013.
Since moving to Indianapolis, the Colts have compiled a 246-222
(.526) record in 468 total games. During that span, the team has
posted one Super Bowl Championship in two appearances, 17 winning
seasons, 15 playoff apperances and 12 10-win seasons.
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NOVEMBER 12
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for Clubs to sign their
Restricted Free Agents, including those to whom the “June 1 Tender”
was made. If such players remain unsigned after this date, they
are prohibited from playing in the NFL in 2013.
NOVEMBER 12
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for Clubs to sign their
drafted rookies. If such players remain unsigned after this date, they
are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2013.
NOVEMBER 29
Deadline at 4:00 p.m., New York time, for reinstatement of players
in Reserve List categories of Retired, Did Not Report, and Exclusive
Rights, and of players who were placed on Reserve/Left Squad in
a previous season.
DECEMBER 29
17th Week of Regular Season Games.
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DECEMBER 30
Earliest permissible date for clubs to renegotiate or extend the
rookie contract of a drafted rookie who was selected in any round
of the 2011 NFL Draft. Any permissible renegotiated or extended
player contract will not be considered a rookie contract, and will not
be subject to the rules that limit rookie contracts.
DECEMBER 30
Option exercise period begins for Fifth-Year Option for First-Round
Selections from the 2011 College Draft. To exercise the option, the
club must give written notice to the player on or after December 30,
2013 but prior to May 3, 2014.
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