Disappointment manifests itself different ways in people.

Some show the devastation etched in every line of their face. Some rage and storm around and let it wholly consume them. Some laugh it off and act like they aren’t bothered by it. Darius Leonard just smiles. It would be foolish to mistake that smile for lightheartedness. Beneath that smile is a cold fury that burns through him Adam Vinatieri Jersey , and it isn’t all that hard to see. Leonard says all the right things. When asked if his Pro Bowl snub motivates him, he answers pretty simply that he’s been overlooked all his life. If you don’t pay attention, you might get the impression that he doesn’t care all that much. It’s a disappointment. We are focused on the next game. 1-0. Platitudes that you hear from every member of this Colts team. But if you look closely鈥 get a different feeling from watching him talk. You know that scene in films where someone is about to get double crossed, and they just don’t know it? Where a partner or trusted character is playing the part, saying the right words, but they’re just about to turn villain? That’s the look in Darius Leonard’s eye as he says the right things and smiles. Eric Ebron told the media earlier in the day that Leonard’s goal for Sunday is to have 40 tackles. What a ridiculous notion, right? 40 tackles in a game is not even possible. The media tells Darius so while they’re talking to him. That’s when you see the true Maniac show through. The smile melts away and his true face is revealed. The look says it all, and what it says is that this is not a man who takes lightly being discounted. His response was crystal clear.“Impossible? There’s nothing impossible. We play a lot of snaps, just gotta get on every play.”Does the Pro Bowl really matter that much? We can argue that fact from every angle. There are clearly flaws in the way it is done. Guys who deserve to be in don’t make it and others who are less qualified get in. All that really matters is that Darius Leonard cares about it. Cares about it enough to be truly angry about being overlooked. When the dust settles on this season, Colts fans may be glad for this snub, because it may have just pushed the Maniac to a new level Marvin Harrison Color Rush Jersey , and opposing offenses should be very afraid of what that looks like. INDIANAPOLIS 鈥?Andrew Luck might be playing the best football of his career. But he’ll still need help reaching the playoffs with mounting injuries threatening to derail the Indianapolis Colts‘ late postseason push.One week after starting center Ryan Kelly went down with a left knee injury and one day after coach Frank Reich announced tight end Jack Doyle would miss the rest of the season with an injured kidney, Luck and his teammates started preparing for the closing five-game stretch that will determine whether they end a three-year playoff drought.“We’ve done it before,” tight end Eric Ebron said Tuesday when asked about the adjustments. “Everybody has to take on a heavier workload.”Doyle was injured late in the third quarter or early in the fourth, returned for two plays before leaving for good and then wound up in the hospital Sunday night for what Reich called a “procedure.”The team provided no immediate update during Tuesday’s availability on whether Doyle had been released from the hospital.The adaptations start with Ebron, the lone remaining healthy tight end among the five listed on last week’s depth chart. He’s already caught 11 touchdown passes this season, matching his previous four-year total and tying Dallas Clark’s single-season franchise record by a tight end, and has played the way Detroit envisioned when it made Ebron a first-round draft pick in 2014.It’s unclear whether Mo Alie-Cox, Ryan Hewitt or Erik Swoope could return from injuries this week. All three were inactive last weekend, and Reich’s offense has benefited from creating mismatches among the tight ends.“We are hopeful and optimistic that some of those guys 鈥?one or two or all three of those guys 鈥?will be ready,” Reich said Monday. “They have been making good progress.”But the hits have come hard and fast for Indy (6-5), which has won five straight to jump back into the playoff conversation.Kelly missed last week’s game with a sprained medial collateral ligament and without him https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Tarell-Basham-Jersey , the Colts allowed their first sack in six games. Luck went 249 consecutive drop-backs without being sacked, the longest streak of his pro career.Kelly’s status for this week is still to be determined, though he said Tuesday he felt much better and was running on the treadmill.“It’s been progressing pretty well,” said Kelly, who was replaced in the lineup by midseason signee Evan Boehm. “The brace has helped.”Not enough?Running back Marlon Mack entered the concussion protocol during the fourth quarter Sunday, did not return and now his status also is in doubt this weekend.If he can’t go, the Colts will be down to their two rookies 鈥?Nyheim Hines and Jordan Wilkins 鈥?and possibly Jonathan Williams, presuming nobody else is signed. Williams hasn’t played since Indy signed him to the practice squad Oct. 2. He was promoted to the active roster last week.One saving grace for Indy: Rookie linebacker Darius Leonard escaped a serious knee injury that briefly knocked him out of Sunday’s game after the first offensive play. Leonard returned and finished the game and continues to lead the NFL with 114 tackles despite missing one game in October.But losing Doyle might be most damaging for Indy.He followed his first Pro Bowl selection with 26 receptions for 245 yards and two touchdowns in six games. The Colts went 1-4 when he missed five games earlier this season with a bad hip, and they had won all four since his Week 8 return against Oakland.Doyle’s absence leaves a big hole on the field 鈥?and in the locker room.“It hurts,” Ebron said. “I’m more hurt because of the type of player he is and what he means to the team and to me. But we’ve done it before. We just have to adjust a few things.”100View Gallery Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta