INDIANAPOLIS -- Shaquille Leonard attempts to dismiss the negative voices in his own head, but try as he might, they linger. And they likely will until the Indianapolis Colts All-Pro linebacker truly returns to form.
Addressing his health on Wednesday for the first time since the end of last season, Leonard said he is seeing progress in his recovery from a November back surgery - his second since last summer - and is feeling better "than I did at any point last year."
Still, the road back is not without its challenges, physical and otherwise, Leonard admitted.