The Colts placed linebacker Robert Mathis on the physically unable to perform list at the start of camp because he’s continuing to work his way back from last year’s torn Achilles.
That’s hardly unexpected and you could say the same about Mathis’s push to be ready for the first week of the regular season, but coach Chuck Pagano said Sunday that the team isn’t operating under the same timeline. Given Mathis’s age and the severity of the injury, Pagano says that the Colts are taking the long view when it comes to Mathis’s availability.
“I think we would be foolish to not consider all those things … It would be stupid on our part to say, ‘Ok, you’re healthy, you’re good,'” Pagano said, via the Indianapolis Star.