Hill has surgery on a high ankle sprain and will be out about a month

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts spent Wednesday adapting to the new reality that leading tackler DQwell Jackson will miss the last four games of the regular season.One day after the league suspended Jackson for violating the leagues performance-enhancing substance policy, inside linebackers Edwin Jackson and Antonio Morrison were getting acclimated to being the defenses new signal-callers. Others tried to fill the void of one of the Colts steadiest locker room leaders.Its an obvious letdown, tight end Dwayne Allen said. We want those guys on the field, but we also understand mistakes happen.Neither the league nor the Colts have said what substance Jackson used.Jackson wont be permitted back at the team complex until Jan. 2, when the Colts will either be cleaning out their lockers or preparing for a playoff game.The timing couldnt be worse.After losing their first two games, the Colts (6-6) have been fighting to get back into playoff position . Now, with three wins in four games, Indy has moved into a three-way tie atop the AFC South with Houston and Tennessee, and seemed to be building momentum for the key stretch run.Suddenly, the offense appeared to be in sync, the defense was holding up better and everything seemed to be clicking.Then less than 24 hours after finishing a 41-10 thrashing of the New York Jets , NFL officials made the announcement.The 33-year-old inside linebacker made his only Pro Bowl two years ago and was having another solid season with 81 tackles -- 21 more than anyone else on the roster. He also had one sack and recovered two fumbles.But the more problematic issue is that Jackson was the most experienced inside linebacker on the team and, until Monday night, almost exclusively called the defenses.Edwin Jackson, who had never played in an NFL game until this season, got his first real taste of signal calling in short bursts against the Jets.That was very important because that was my first time actually getting the calls and relaying it to the defense, Edwin Jackson said. You dont want these things to happen, but it happens.The switch may have been coming regardless of the failed drug test.DQwell Jackson left Monday nights game in the fourth quarter with a concussion and had already entered the leagues mandated concussion protocol. Because it usually takes players the better part of a week to clear all the steps, Jacksons status on a short week already could have been in jeopardy for Sundays crucial game with Houston.Losing him for four games, though, will be a bigger blow for a team that hasnt been above .500 all season. Indy still must visit AFC West leader Oakland and playoff contender Minnesota before closing out the season at home against struggling Jacksonville.Coach Chuck Pagano knows it will require more than just good play from Edwin Jackson, an undrafted player who spent last December on Indys practice squad. Theres Morrison, a fourth-round pick out of Florida; Josh McNary, a third-year player from Army who has done most of his work on special teams; and Luke Rhodes, a rookie from William & Mary who was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster Wednesday.Antonios tough, hes smart, he knows the defense inside, out. Hes a downhill, sideline-to-sideline guy. Hell be fine, Pagano said. Hes been told from Day 1 to prepare as a starter for this moment and hes done that. So that will give him a chance to play well.The Colts certainly need Morrison -- and everyone else -- to play well until DQwell Jackson returns.Its the National Football League and youre going to have adversity and youre going to have obstacles, Pagano said. Weve been without our quarterback before. Do you want to be? No. Weve been without (Robert Mathis) before. So its next man up.Game notes Right guard Denzelle Good was diagnosed with a concussion during the Jets game and nose tackle Zach Kerr and outside linebacker Curt Maggitt both complained of concussion-like symptoms after the game. All three are also in the leagues protocol. ... Mathis is listed as day to day with a biceps injury, and safety Clayton Geathers is considered week to week with a neck injury. ... 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There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The coaching staff at Rutgers knows the culture of the Ohio State football program as well as any opponent can.First-year Rutgers coach Chris Ash was co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Buckeyes for the past two seasons, including the 2014 national championship team. When he went to New Jersey, he snapped up seven staffers with Ohio State ties, all former graduate assistants or lower-level coaches under Urban Meyer.So the Scarlet Knights (2-2) at least will have that when they visit Ohio Stadium Saturday, although it may not matter much. Ohio State (3-0), No. 2 in the AP Top 25 poll and playing as well as any team in the country, likely could hand over its playbook to Ash and company and still be the favorite. The early line has Rutgers as a five-touchdown underdog.Still, Meyer said Ohio State will try to switch up signals and some change other things to confuse his former employees.We had that conversation this morning in great detail. We changed most of our defensive signals prior to this, Meyer said Monday. Offensively, were being very cautious also, also special teams. We just have to be sharp.Quarterback J.T. Barrett said Ash knows the Ohio State offense well from running his defense against the unit for two years in practice. It also works the same way, since Ash is running the same defense at Rutgers as he did at Ohio State.Hes not going to let our base things try to happen, so hes going throw in some things we havent seen, Barrett said. At the end of the day we have to be prepared for what hes going to throw at us and also make adjustments on the fly.Ash downplayed the familiarity.I mean, I know the players, but its not about me knowing the players, he said Monday. Its about our players knowing the players and going out and making plays.Rutgers battled Iowa last week but blew too many red-zone opportunities and lost 14-7.dddddddddddd The bigger loss may have been star wide receiver and kick returner Janarion Grant, who suffered a serious leg injury and is lost for the season. Defensive end Quanzell Lambert also was injured and is lost for the season.OHIO STATE INJURY REPORTWide receiver K.J. Hill has surgery on a high ankle sprain and will be out about a month. He had two receptions in the opening game against Bowling Green, one of them a touchdown. Freshman linebacker Justin Hilliard is out with a torn bicep. Wide receiver Noah Brown and H-back Dontre Wilson each have what Meyer described as a sore foot. Both were rested during the bye week and likely will play.COMING TO THE `SHOEIf Rutgers doesnt have enough to worry about, Ash expects the intimidation factor at Ohio Stadium to be high for his players. The capacity of Rutgers home venue, High Point Solutions Stadium, is about half of Ohio Stadiums nearly 105,000.The Horseshoe is an impressive venue and when its filled to capacity, which it is every Saturday, regardless of the opponent, it can be an intimidating venue for opponents to walk into, he said. Youre talking about 18- to 22-year-old kids that have never been in that environment before. A lot of times that venue can beat you regardless of what the home team does. And that happens to teams. You know, they get intimidated by just the size of the stadium and the history and the tradition and all the things that Ohio State has, and a lot of times teams are beat before the foot even hits the ball.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacyFor some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy ' ' '