Colts’ Darius Leonard and Eric Ebron have offseason surgery

It was revealed by GM Chris Ballard that their start linebacker had offseason ankle surgery to repair an issue he played through.

Everyone knows that Darius Leonard is tough. He led the league in tackles last season while missing a game. But apparently, he could have missed even more time. He had an ankle injury that he had to play through that eventually required surgery.

The All-Pro will miss the next 6 weeks because of the surgery, so he will miss the rest of the offseason program. That isn’t a huge deal because he should be perfectly fine once training camp rolls around. That’s when they’ll need him the most.

This will not affect him in the slightest come time for the regular season. He won’t have any lingering issues from the surgery. In fact, he should actually be better because he will no longer need to fight through pain as he is running around out there making plays.

Eric Ebron also underwent offseason surgery. He had it on his groin. He tweeted out that it was. major success, and he is not expected to miss any significant time at all. Ebron had a great first year as a Colt, making the Pro Bowl after catching 15 touchdowns.

Ebron should also be better next year now that he doesn’t have pain. The addition of other offensive weapons should open the field up for him. He just has to work on not dropping the ball as much.

Both players should be back at full health for the regular season and look to be big parts of the Colts moving forward.