INDIANAPOLIS - Anthony Castonzo has watched the faces come and go along Indianapolis offensive line all season. Mario Lemieux Jersey .He sees no reason to doubt the replacements now.With three of the teams projected starters on injured reserve, Castonzo is convinced this changing cast can come up with a good enough performance Sunday to send the Colts to the AFC Championship game.Obviously, we would rather have the continuity, Indys starting left tackle said Friday. But the guys who have filled in all season have done a really good job. I dont think theres a guy on this team that we dont trust to play.The theory has been tested repeatedly all season.Indy has plugged 10 linemen into 11 starting combinations and has used the same lineup in back-to-back weeks just two times since Week 4 — Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. With coach Chuck Pagano announcing Friday that everybody was ready to go, it appears it will happen again in Sundays divisional-round game at Denver.Somehow, the Colts (12-5) still managed to win the AFC South title, a wild-card game while limiting opponents to just 27 sacks on Andrew Luck, the lowest of Lucks career.This weekend will be a different challenge.The AFC West champs are heading into the playoffs with a week of rest, the No. 3 overall defence and an intimidating group of pass rushers such as defensive end DeMarcus Ware and outside linebacker Von Miller, who combined for 24 of the Broncos 41 sacks and could cause havoc all day for the Colts makeshift line.Its going to be an all-day job because if you lose to any one of these guys, theyre going to get the quarterback, said Castonzo, the only lineman to start each of the first 17 games.Castonzo understands.A year ago he and right tackle Gosder Cherilus were the pillars on a line that went into the playoffs after using six different starting lineups over the final six weeks of the regular season. Indy followed a wild-card round him over Kansas City with a 43-22 loss at New England in the divisional round.Cherilus wont be around Sunday. He was placed on injured reserve last week with groin, hip and shoulder injuries.Also out will be right guard Hugh Thornton, who went on injured reserve this week with a shoulder injury, and Donald Thomas, who was expected to start at left guard, sustained a season-ending torn right quad in training camp. Thomas absence gave second-round draft pick Jack Mewhort a chance to play, and hes played well in 14 starts -- 13 at left guard and one at right tackle.The Colts also have also tried three centres — A.Q. Shipley for the first four games, Jonotthan Harrison for the next 10 before going with Khaled Holmes for the last three.Now, against a pass rush that could have a big advantage because of crowd noise, Pagano and Luck are hoping the Colts have worked out the kinks.I wish we were talking and it was the seventh or eighth week in a row. 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Goodell says he had fun watching the game Sunday and thinks fans did, too.TORONTO – Phil Kessel didnt quite know how to react when John Scott, a man looming eight inches higher with 60 pounds of extra weight, whispered the words of challenge as the two lined up at centre ice. “He said he was going to jump me,” said Kessel, still befuddled by the surprise attack afterward. “Hes a big boy so if hes coming after me what am I going to do?” The attack on Kessel lit the fuse of a costly exhibition melee between the Leafs and Sabres that was both bizarre and shocking for the events that littered its record, including an impending 10-game suspension to David Clarkson and possible discipline for Kessel. “Obviously were not proud or happy of what went on, thats for sure,” Randy Carlyle observed shortly after the simmering had ceased. The story begins with a goal. A third round selection of the Sabres in 2007, Corey Tropp had redirected an effort from the point by Jamie McBain, one that beat Jonathan Bernier and cut the Toronto lead to one midway through the third period. Lining up at centre ice seconds after his first marker of the preseason, Tropp takes a tug at the sweater of Jamie Devane, a player looming high above weight class. The pair exchange a series of awkward fisticuffs, capped by Tropp losing his bucket, his head landing square on the ice with an alarming thud. Derek Nansen, the linesman on scene, senses danger and waves his right hand immediately for help. Tropp is then aided off the ice by teammates and trainers. Standing in the home penalty box is Devane, his glove tapping repeatedly against the glass in deference to his defeated counterpart. Blood is chipped off the ice during the television timeout and order is seemingly restored. Lingering near the Toronto bench though at left wing for Buffalo is Scott, he of 63 career fights, the 30-year-old with plans on redeeming his fallen teammate. “He has his reasons obviously,” Carlyle bemoaned of Scotts decision to jump Kessel. “He didnt explain them to me.” Hoping to diffuse the potentially meddlesome situation before it began, Carlyle keeps 6-foot-5 Troy Bodie on the bench, opting instead for the trio of Tyler Bozak, Carter Ashton, and Kessel. Its a choice hed like to have back. “Obviously I was wrong,” he said in hindsight of the decision. Madness ensues. Thrusting his hands up at the instant of Scotts throttling, Kessel retreats while furiously swinging his stick at the shins of his attacker. “Well I got to back up right,” Kessel noted afterward. “What is he? 6-7? 6-8?” Hurtling in to their stars rescue are Ashton and T.J. Brennan, the pair using all their might to restrain the Buffalo giant. “Weve got 20 guys that are going to back Phil up,” Ashton claimed. “When we see someone go after him were going to do our best to get in as quick as we can.” Distracted by the sheer lunacy of the moment, Carlyle fails to notice Clarkson, the clubs prized offseason acquisition, leaping off the bench and into the craziness. Its yet another decision that will prove haunting. “What happened is everybody was glued on the Scott attack on Phil Kessel,” Carlyle said, “everyones attention was drawn to that and next thing you know all mayhem broke out.” For his actions Clarkson will receive an autommatic 10-game suspension, the outset of his Toronto thrust into a cloud while depleting the Leafs lineup for a stretch of three weeks. Carl Hagelin Jersey. “I think David Clarkson made a mistake,” Carlyle said, “and now we pay for it.” With Clarkson wrestling with Scott, Kessel has, in the meantime, tangled with Brian Flynn and bloodied him. His linemate, Bozak, has engaged with Chad Ruhwedel, thrust around with little control. Their rookie teammate and potential dark horse on the blue line, Andrew MacWilliam, has knotted with longtime Marlie Mike Zigomanis, now a member of the Buffalo organization. Twirling around the ice as the chaos clears, Kessel receives a round of cheers from his teammates on the bench. He takes a further jab at the midsection of Scott, enraging the St. Catharines native as linesman Tim Nowak attempts to restrain him. “We didnt dress anybody that can match up against him,” Carlyle said of Scott, though Bodie would have proved his best option with Colton Orr and Frazer McLaren injured and out of the lineup. “If they want to use that as their criteria then maybe Scott shouldnt get on the ice at all because I dont know if theres anybody in the league thats that big.” Amped by the proceedings, Bernier decides its his turn to wade into the action. Gliding past centre-ice, he engages the Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller, a curious decision considering the risk for injury in this, the exhibition season. “I saw everyone on the ice so I just felt that I wanted to step up for my teammates,” Bernier said. “I asked him if he wanted to go. I dont think he actually wanted to go, but thats the way it goes. Thats the hockey game. You get hyper and energy and I wanted to defend my teammates.” For their efforts, the Leafs are handed 107 minutes of penalties, including five fighting majors, four 10-minute misconducts, a game misconduct, 10 minutes to Clarkson for leaving the bench and a match penalty to Kessel for his attempts to injure Scott. All told the night will prove quite damaging to the Leafs. Clarkson wont be eligible to make his Leafs debut until Oct. 25 when his team visits the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kessel too, could face additional discipline. According to the NHL rulebook, a player handed a match penalty “shall be automatically suspended from further competition until the Commissioner has ruled on the issue”. Without Clarkson in their top-six for most of October, the need for an offensive flair would seem to increase, Mason Raymond – on a professional tryout – perhaps valued even further with the regular season nearly a week away. Additional opportunity would now seem likely for a player like Ashton, who made an impression over the weekend against Buffalo, adding two assists to his resume on Sunday. Clarksons contract also continues to count against the cap, squeezing the Leafs further and perhaps even damaging their chances to sign Cody Franson before the season begins. Its adversity before the puck has even dropped. “Were a team and thats the basis of what a team is made out of,” Carlyle said of moving forward without Clarkson. “When you lose an individual, somebody else gets an opportunity to get in line and pull on that rope and thats what were going to look for.” Wholesale Jerseys China NFL Jerseys China Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 Discount Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Throwback Jerseys ' ' '
