After Much Doubt, Freeney Will Start For Colts In Super Bowl

There is no definite news on whether or not Dwight Freeney in Super Bowl XLIV, but Colts head coach Jim Caldwell offered at least a small bit of good news for fans when he addressed the media early Friday morning.

Dwight Freeney’s ankle has been the focus of most of the media scrutiny this Super Bowl week. And with good reason. I mean, have you seen the pictures of how swollen it is?

But despite what would appear to the naked eye to be a debilitating injury, Freeney told reporters that the pain in his injured ankle is going down and that he still hopes to play on Sunday, according to the AP. Freeney has reportedly been using a hyperbaric chamber, as well as walking barefoot on the Florida beaches, to hasten his recovery. Whether he will be far enough along to play in the Super Bowl -- and be his usual dominating self against the Saints’ high-powered aerial attack -- remains to be seen though.

We’re sitting in Jim Caldwell’s press conference at the moment. He’s not done speaking as this is published but I wanted to update the status of Dwight Freeney’s ankle sprain.

Here’s the update: There is no update.

After ESPN’s bombshell yesterday afternoon, the Indianapolis were quick to fan the flames in the wake of Adam Schefter’s report that the team’s most dominant defensive player might miss the Super Bowl. From Indysportsnation.com, the team’s reaction:

But of course, as Adam Schefter pointed out this morning, the “third degree, low basketball sprain” that the Colts have confirmed is, by definition, a case of a torn ligament. You say tomato, the Colts say potato, I guess. When asked about the prospects of playing without Freeney, Colts QB Peyton Manning had this to say:

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