Freeney doubtful for play Sunday

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney is likely to miss Sunday's game against Jacksonville and could miss more time because of a left ankle sprain.\nFreeney was injured during last Sunday's 33-7 victory over Tennessee.\nInitially, the Colts did not believe the injury was serious. Coach Tony Dungy said after Wednesday's practice, however, that Freeney was "very, very doubtful" for this week's game.\n"It doesn't look like anything that's going to heal right away," Dungy said. "We're going to have to take it week-to-week."\nDungy would not discuss the severity of the injury to Freeney, who has been a major part of the Colts' rebuilding project on defense.\nThe Colts' injury report also lists Freeney with an abdominal injury, but Dungy would not elaborate on that either.\n"It's similar to what James Mungro had, but it's not nearly as bad," Dungy said. "It's hard to say if he didn't have the ankle injury if he could go or not."\nMungro, a running back, bruised his ribs in the Colts preseason opener Aug. 9 and did not practice for nearly four weeks.\nFreeney has not practiced this week and was not available for interviews Wednesday.\nIf Freeney does not play against the Jaguars (0-2), his likely replacement would be Chad Bratzke, who started during his first four seasons with the Colts before being relegated to part-time duty this season. Bratzke was the team's top pass rusher until Freeney arrived.\nBratzke has 54-1/2 sacks in his career and 35 since joining the Colts in 1999, including one this season. Bratzke is tied with Raheem Brock for the team lead in pressures with five.\nIndianapolis (2-0) also plans to use fifth-round draft pick Robert Mathis more frequently against Jacksonville. Mathis had his first two NFL sacks in the victory over Tennessee.\nFreeney played with a bruised shin last week, but Dungy said the ankle injury was not related.\n"At first, we thought this injury was part of it," Dungy said. "But on tape, it looked like a completely different thing. It looked like he came down wrong on the turf."\nThe Colts selected Freeney with the 11th pick overall in the 2002 NFL draft. He did not start until the ninth game of his rookie season but finished with 43 tackles and a team record 13 sacks, the second-highest total ever by a rookie.\nTennessee's Jevon Kearse set the rookie record in 1999 with 14-1/2 sacks.