Colts wide receiver Austin Collie says he feels great despite two concussions during the 2010 season. "My body feels great, my head feels great," Collie said in a Sports Illustrated article that hits newsstands Wednesday. "I don't want to be the poster boy for concussions." Collie sustained his first concussion Nov. 7 at Philadelphia -- he was unconscious for 30 to 45 seconds and left the field on a stretcher -- and a second Dec. 19 against Jacksonville. He also was forced from a Nov. 21 game at New England by concussion-like symptoms.

Adam Vinatieri is optimistic that he'll end up re-signing with the Colts. Indianapolis attempted to re-sign Peyton Manning and Vinatieri to long-term contracts prior to the owners locking out players on March 11. "There is no place I'd rather be," he said. "I've expressed interest in wanting to stay here and they've expressed interest in wanting to keep me around. But talk is cheap. You never know what's going to happen."

Veteran kicker Mike Vanderjagt has been hired to develop the Marco Island (Fla.) Academy's new football program. Vanderjagt, who owns Vandy's 5 Brothers Restaurant on Marco Island, has worked with area youngsters in football, basketball and soccer. "Basically, coaching at this age is like an artist's version of a blank canvas," Vanderjagt said. "You can kind of mold them to be a good player because they have no preconceived notions in general about sports."

The NFL has a contingency plan to start the regular season two weeks late and still play a complete schedule. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said there is a plan to postpone Super Bowl XLVI one week and make the time between the conference championship games and Super Bowl one week and not the standard two to leave the entire schedule unchanged. Goodell told this to Browns season ticket holders, according to Tony Grossi of The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Under this scenario, the NFL could kick off the season Thursday, Sept. 22 at Lambeau Field and still have a full slate of games played.

Peyton Manning and wife Ashley are new parents of twins. John Althardt, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department, says birth certificates filed April 8 show Mosley Thompson Manning and brother Marshall Williams Manning were born March 31 in Indianapolis. The births came 10 days after Manning became an uncle. Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wife Abby became parents of a daughter on March 21.

Arizona defensive lineman Brooks Reed will visit three teams and work out for another this week, according to a league source. Reed visited the Falcons on Monday. He is scheduled to meet with the Redskins on Tuesday, the Vikings on Friday and the Colts on Saturday. He has already worked out for the Patriots, Ravens and Bills.

Mark Miles, the 2012 Super Bowl host committee chairman, is moving ahead with his plans despite his belief that the NFL lockout won't be settled until this summer at the earliest. Monday marked 300 days until the city of Indianapolis is supposed to host the Super Bowl. "There are probably scenarios where you may miss some preseason games and you may even miss some regular-season games and the league officials will have to define what constitutes a season for them," Miles said. "So we're doing our thing and we are doing what needs to be done and not let it (the lockout) become a distraction." With $35 million of construction projects under way on the city' near east side, another major construction project in full throttle downtown and 60 committees trying to fine-tune details, the host committee is busy. The game is scheduled for Feb. 5, but it could be pushed back one week if needed. "There are two dates -— Feb. 5 and Feb. 12, that's it," Miles said.

Colts chairman Bill Polian told The Indianapolis Star that the team would consider taking a quarterback in this month's draft "in the right situation" because Peyton Manning is entering the twilight of his career. "Quarterback's an issue, probably not a front-burner issue, but an issue nonetheless because while Peyton's not at the end of his career, it's approaching faster than it has in the past," Polian said. Indianapolis owns the 22nd overall pick.

Peyton Manning and his wife welcomed twins this week, according to a report from Radar Online. Manning and his wife Ashley had kept their pregnancy a secret.

The Colts are scheduled to meet with Colorado offensive tackle Nate Solder this week, according to a league source. Solder, who has visited the Patriots, will also sit down with the Cowboys this week. RealGM's Jeff Risdon has Solder going 18th to the Chargers in his latest mock draft.