The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... Gore’s new coach, Chuck Pagano, sees a player who can help take the Colts a long way. “Put the tape on him, and you still see the production,” Pagano said Tuesday. “He’s a tough, hard-nosed, every-down back. He can play all three downs. He’s a great protector in pass-pro. He catches the ball out of the backfield. We all know what he can do as a runner on early downs. He loves football. He brings great passion. He brings great leadership and energy to our team and to our locker room. And he bolsters a position where we had a need.”
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Gore, who turns 32 in May, rushed 302 of his 1,106 yards in the final two weeks of the regular season to show Pagano and his new employer that he still has what it takes to keep from wearing down. It was the eighth time in 10 NFL seasons that Gore eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark. The Colts still view Gore as an every-down back. “I don’t think we would’ve gone after him and made the investment and made the decision to bring him in if we didn’t feel that way,” Pagano said. ... That's what fantasy owners want; a little clarity at a position without much prior to Gore's arrival.