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The only thing that didn't go well for the Colts in their romp of the Ravens Sunday was the state of their backfield.

Joseph Addai was forced to depart the game after only three yards rushing, and rookie Mike Hart suffered a bad knee injury, if reports surfacing have any accuracy. This leaves Dominic Rhodes alone in the backfield. He can deal with being the main running back, as he's done it before in Indianapolis ... but the Colts still need a backup. The Indy Star speculates:

A leading candidate is Chad Simpson, who is on the practice squad. Whomever the Colts add to the roster for Sunday's game at Green Bay likely will have some familiarity with their offense.

That might include Clifton Dawson, who saw action in 13 games a year ago but was waived Aug. 26, or Justin Forsett, who was waived last week. Forsett currently is on Seattle's practice squad. It won't include Kenton Keith, who backed up Addai last season but signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League after being released in late August.

The Colts better keep their fingers crossed that Rhodes can stay healthy and carry a full workload, because none of these candidates are even in the same ballpark as Addai or Hart talent-wise.

The only thing that didn't go well for the Colts in their romp of the Ravens Sunday was the state of their backfield.

Joseph Addai was forced to depart the game after only three yards rushing, and rookie Mike Hart suffered a bad knee injury, if reports surfacing have any accuracy. This leaves Dominic Rhodes alone in the backfield. He can deal with being the main RB, as he's done it before in Indianapolis ... but the Colts still need a backup. The Indy Star speculates:

A leading candidate is Chad Simpson, who is on the practice squad. Whomever the Colts add to the roster for Sunday's game at Green Bay likely will have some familiarity with their offense.

That might include Clifton Dawson, who saw action in 13 games a year ago but was waived Aug. 26, or Justin Forsett, who was waived last week. Forsett currently is on Seattle's practice squad. It won't include Kenton Keith, who backed up Addai last season but signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League after being released in late August.

The Colts better keep their fingers crossed that Rhodes can stay healthy and carry a full workload, because none of these candidates are even in the same ballpark as Addai or Hart, talent-wise.

The Baltimore Ravens kept the country on edge deep into the night on Monday as they ventured closer to a win against the Patriots than anyone else this season. They didn't make tonight's game with the Colts quite that suspenseful. There won't be any bags under the eyes or spirited conversations around the water cooler for those who watched tonight's game, a 44-20 slaughter that wasn't even as close as the final score indicates.

The first quarter was equally divided between Colt touchdowns and Raven mistakes. A Reggie Wayne touchdown, a Willis McGahee fumble and two Joseph Addai scores sandwiched around a Kyle Boller pick pretty much ended the game before everyone had stumbled in from the extended tailgating. When Michael Coe blocked a Sam Koch punt through the end zone to make it 23-0, people started streaming back out to finish the cases of beer and grilled sausages they'd left behind.