INDIANAPOLIS -- The injuries are continuing to pile up for the Indianapolis Colts. Starting left tackle Anthony Castonzo will spend some time with quarterback Andrew Luck on the sideline because coach Chuck Pagano called him "week-to-week" with a MCL sprain in his right knee.
"Hate to lose anybody, especially your starting left tackle," Pagano said. "Quarterback one week, now the left tackle, this guy, that guy. He doesn't miss (time). He is a rock. They're not cancelling the game Sunday. We'll find a way."
Castaonzo has started all 70 games he's appeared in during his five-year career.
Pagano didn't say who will replace Castonzo at left tackle, but the Colts may have shed some light into it after he went down with the injury late in the fourth quarter.
Starting right tackle Joe Reitz shifted over to left tackle, starting left guard Jack Mewhort moved to right tackle and the Colts brought Lance Louis in off the bench to left guard. Pagano wouldn't say if that will be their starting line for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Reitz will likely get first crack at protecting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's blindside. He began the season on the bench, but moved into the starting lineup in Week 3 where he's played well at the position.
"He's smart and he's tough and he loves playing," Pagano said. "He's got position flexibility. The guy, he's our emergency, emergency, emergency center if it ever got to Armageddon type scenario. He can play guard. He can play tackle. Now he might have to play the other side. He's an athletic guy. With his basketball background, it helps as far as his athleticism."
The Colts face a dilemma at right tackle if Reitz does slide to left tackle. Mewhort, who is better suited at guard, is the ideal candidate because he started at right tackle the first two weeks of the season.
If the Colts do indeed move Mewhort to tackle, they have a number of directions they could go at left guard. They could go with Louis or Todd Herremans -- who was benched at guard after Week 2 -- or they could move center Jonotthan Harrison to guard and re-insert Khaled Holmes into the starting lineup at center.
The Colts could also start Herremans at right tackle. The veteran has started 24 games at right tackle in his career. Another possibility is rookie Denzelle Good, who has been inactive every game this season.
"We're still discussing it," Pagano said.
