Defensive tackle Montae Reagor, injured in an automobile accident just over a week ago, has been released from the hospital and could rejoin the Colts this week. Coach Tony Dungy said Monday he wasn't sure when Reagor would begin practicing.

Skewering a Denver defense that was designed specifically to stop him, Peyton Manning led the Colts over, around and through the Broncos on Sunday, throwing for 345 yards and three touchdowns to Reggie Wayne for a message-sending 34-31 victory. "When you play a guy like Peyton Manning, and the guy's going to put it on there on the money, what can you do?" Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said.

The Indianapolis Colts can do something that's been done just one other time in the 87-year history of the NFL in Week Eight. The Colts try to start a season 7-0 for the second consecutive season when they visit the Denver Broncos in a matchup of AFC heavyweights.

Corey Simon, defensive tackle for the Colts, was placed on the team's non-football injury/illness list this month, is expected to file a grievance against the team with the NFL Players Association to try to get the remaining $1.9 million of his 2006 salary. Teams are not required to pay players who are placed on the non-football injury/illness list. "I'm still rehabbing my [knee] injury and taking care of that," Simon told the Daily News. He said the suggestion that he wasn't interested in playing was "totally false. My will and my drive to play this game is still very much there. I don't understand what would give them the notion that I don't want to play."

A disappointment in Houston, cornerback Phillip Buchanon will get an opportunity to jump-start his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Seeking help for an injury-depleted secondary, the Bucs signed the former first-round pick of the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday with hopes of getting more out of him than the Texans did after paying a hefty price in 2005.

Bill Polian, president of the Colts, disclosed to the media no new information Monday on the condition that resulted in defensive tackle Corey Simon being placed on the NFL's non-football illness/injury list on Oct. 5 but did provide some clarification. Referring to an ESPN report citing unnamed sources that said Simon probably suffered from polyarthritis, Polian said, "We can't say anything publicly, but we didn't dispute it." Polyarthritis is a type of arthritis that affects five or more joints.

Ricky Proehl might figure into the Indianapolis Colts' plans if injuries keep Brandon Stokley and Ben Utecht out of the Colts' Oct. 22 game with Washington. The team has had the 38-year-old wide receiver in for a workout and coach Tony Dungy indicated Thursday it wasn't necessarily just one of the personnel department's "fact-finding" ventures. "It's something we'll look at if Brandon and Ben aren't able to play," he said.

The Indianapolis Colts will have to rely on some other than Corey Simon to plug up holes this season. The Colts on Thursday announced the former Pro Bowl defensive tackle will not play this season due to a mysterious illness. The club placed Simon on the non-football injury list, officially ending his season.

Indianapolis and Baltimore needed last-minute scores to keep their unbeaten seasons going on Sunday. Chicago had a much easier time staying undefeated.

Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison moved past Andre Reed and into fourth place on the NFL's career receptions list Sunday with his 952nd catch. He passed Reed with a 14-yard reception, his third catch of the game, 37 seconds into the third quarter against the Jets. It's the second time in three weeks Harrison has moved up on the career receptions chart. He passed Art Monk for fifth against Houston on Sept. 17.