The defending champions have lost both of their starting cornerbacks. The Colts on Thursday declined to match the four-year, $16.5 million offer sheet that Jason David signed with the Saints last week. Since David was a restricted free agent who was tendered a contract, the Colts will receive a fourth-round pick as compensation in this weekend's NFL draft.

Colts defensive end Josh Thomas signed a one-year tender, keeping him the Super Bowl champions next season. Thomas has been a key player in Indianapolis' defensive line rotation since joining the team as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He finished last season with 35 tackles, one sack and recovered one fumble last season. He also had a sack and recovered a fumble during the Colts' playoff run. He's played in 37 career games, starting two and had 47 career tackles in his first two NFL seasons.

Even when football season ends, quarterback Peyton Manning is hard to miss on TV. He has become such a marketable pitchman that his commercials -- a sports drink here, a credit card company there -- seem endless. Apparently, President Bush has taken notice while flipping the channels. "So a lot of people here in the White House compound have been really looking forward to seeing Peyton Manning," Bush said Monday on the South Lawn. "They wanted to see a guy who gets more air time than I do." The good-natured poke came as Bush welcomed another championship team to the White House: The Indianapolis Colts.

By next Friday, Jason David will know whether he'll spend the next four years in Indianapolis or New Orleans. Either way, he'll be a rich, happy man. David signed a four-year offer sheet with New Orleans on Thursday, a deal agent Cary Fabrikant said would change David's life. "Right now, Jason is in a great situation," Fabrikant said Friday. "The Colts could be in a great situation and the Saints are in the same situation." It all depends on what the Colts decide.

Linebacker and special teamer Rocky Boiman re-signed with the Colts on Wednesday. Boiman was an unrestricted free agent after spending last season as key special teams player for the Super Bowl champions. He was primarily a backup on defense and could earn more playing time this season since free agent Cato June, a former Pro Bowl linebacker, signed with Tampa Bay.

Colts backup quarterback Jim Sorgi has signed an $850,000 one-year tender to stay with Indianapolis. The team announced the deal to keep its backup to Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning on Friday. Sorgi was a restricted free agent.

An Illinois company that bills itself as a Christian publisher is working with Colts coach Tony Dungy on a memoir. Dungy says his book is about his journey through life and the lessons he's learned. Dungy's book, entitled "Quiet Strength: The principles, practices & priorities of a winning life," will be released nationally July 10, Tyndale House Publishers Inc. announced Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

The red vertical scar peeked through the top of Brandon Stokley's sock. The former Colts receiver unintentionally glanced in the scar's direction whenever he referenced it. Stokley ruptured his right Achilles' tendon on Dec. 10 at Jacksonville, and had season-ending surgery. The injury, which occurred while he was with the Colts, almost drove him away from football. But he didn't want to wrap up his career like that and so he signed a one-year deal with Denver in the offseason. "A lot of teams were really scared of the Achilles," Stokley said.

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Darrell Reid was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana, borough police said. The 24-year-old Freehold native was stopped by police on a downtown street early March 31 after they received an anonymous call reporting an intoxicated person. The officer who responded noticed a strong smell of marijuana and saw a small plastic bag in the open door of Reid's rental car that contained marijuana, police said.

The Colts' negotiations on a contract extension with defensive end Dwight Freeney are ice-cold. "Right now, they're frozen," team president Bill Polian said. "We made an offer prior to free agency and the agent chose not to respond to it. We're presuming he'll play the season with the tag. There is still time to get a deal done, the deadline is July 15, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens." Freeney was assigned the franchise tag, which would pay him more than $9.4 million on a one-year deal should he sign.