The Facts: This isn't what Gore, then a fresher 32-year old, envisioned when he left San Francisco, spurned a free-agent offer from the Eagles and signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts, remember, were a franchise on the rise, fresh off the 2014 AFC Championship game and hell-bent on taking that next step. "I thought I was one of the missing pieces they needed to get them over the top,' Gore said Monday. He's still waiting.

Diehards Line: Individually, Gore has held up his end. He’s led the team in rushing each season -- 967 yards in ’15, 1,025 in ’16 -- and a year ago became the first Colt since Joseph Addai in 2006 to crack the 1,000-yard level. He’s in position to join John Riggins and John Henry Johnson as the only running backs to rush for at least 1,000 yards at age 34. Gore enters the season, his 13th, with 13,065 yards. That’s good for 8th on the NFL’s all-time list. With 620 yards, he moves onto the No. 5 rung ahead of LaDainian Tomlinson. With 1,037, he vaults to No. 4 ahead of Curtis Martin. So it's no surprise Gore remains the focal point of the running game even though Robert Turbin and rookie Marlon Mack might cut into his workload.