link The <font color="#000000">Indianapolis Colts</font> already expect <font color="#000000">Dwight Freeney</font> not to play for several weeks because of a left foot injury, but now there's reason to believe the Pro Bowl defensive end's season might be over.</p> <inline1></inline1></p> Though more tests have to be completed for the team to make a final determination, a source said Tuesday that Freeney might have suffered a Lisfranc injury in Sunday's loss to the <font color="#000000">San Diego Chargers</font>. If additional tests verify the initial diagnosis of the midfoot injury, the source said Freeney will need season-ending surgery.</p> Players who have suffered Lisfranc injuries, even those not needing surgical repair, have needed months to rehabilitate.</p> In the wake of Freeney getting hurt, the Colts didn't take any chances; on Monday, they placed a waiver claim on defensive end <font color="#000000">Simeon Rice</font>. The 34-year-old Rice was let go by the Broncos on Friday after he requested his release.</p> On his weekly radio show Monday night, Colts president Bill Polian said the initial timetable for Freeney's recovery would be three to four weeks.</p> The Colts signed Freeney in July to a six-year deal, paying an average of $12 million. He has 21 tackles and 3½ sacks in Indianapolis' 7-2 start.</p> Freeney experienced a lot of pain Sunday when he suffered the injury. He had to be carted to the locker room and left Qualcomm Stadium wearing a boot. He told friends he could have been hurt when a Chargers blocker stepped on his foot when he was making a spin move.</p> Swelling in the foot is preventing a final determination of the injury. But if the prognosis is a Lisfranc, Freeney would be finished for this season, although the prognosis of a return in the 2008 would be good.</p>
