INDIANAPOLIS — Now the Indianapolis Colts are in the market for a backup quarterback.
On Monday, one week after 40-year-old Matt Hasselbeck said goodbye to fans in a Twitter post, the Colts released his presumed successor, Josh Freeman. The move leaves only two quarterbacks, starter Andrew Luck and untested Stephen Morris, on Indy's roster.
Team officials did not say why the move was made.
Freeman and Ryan Lindley were both signed as free agents Dec. 29 when Luck, Hasselbeck and Charlie Whitehurst were all battling injuries. Freeman had not played in the NFL in two years, but he and Lindley teamed up to beat Tennessee in the finale — a win that prevented Chuck Pagano from enduring his first losing season as head coach and may have saved his job.