INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts placed third-string quarterback Charlie Whitehurst on injured reserve Monday, leaving questions swirling around who will start at QB in their final regular season game against the Tennessee Titans.
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Quarterback Andrew Luck has been out of commission since early November with a lacerated kidney sustained against the Denver Broncos. Backup QB Matt Hasselbeck has been beaten up in successive starts – he's left the last four games in a row with an injury.
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Hasselbeck's most recent exit left Whitehurst to pull off a victory against the Miami Dolphins.
With Whitehurst placed on the injured reserve list Monday, along with guard Hugh Thornton, and Hasselbeck leaving Sunday's game with his throwing arm in a sling, the Colts are left with two options: An unlikely 11th-hour return by Luck; or emergency backup QB Stephen Morris, who was signed on Christmas Eve.
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Morris has spent most of the season on the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad. He was waived from the Jacksonville Jaguars in September.
Head Coach Chuck Pagano said in a Monday press conference Morris would likely be the starter on Sunday.
"He's the only healthy one we got in the building right now," Pagano said.
Hasselbeck, with a grade-1 AC sprain in his shoulder, is "doubtful" for Sunday, Pagano added.
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