Colts reserve tackle Xavier Nixon misses team flight, ruled out

Posted by PlexusGroupe on January 17, 2015, 8:26 PM EST
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The Colts will be without one of their reserve offensive tackles in the AFC title game.

Second-year pro Xavier Nixon has been declared out of Sunday’s game at New England after missing the club’s flight east, Stephen Holder of the Indianapolis Star and Mike Wells of ESPN.com reported Saturday evening.

The 24-year-old Nixon appeared in four regular season games for Indianapolis, making one start at right tackle. However, while Nixon is listed as the top backup at right and left tackle, he was inactive for the Colts’ first two postseason games.

Earlier Saturday, the Colts’ website announced reserve tailback Trent Richardson had not made the trip to New England for “personal reasons.” Richardson, like Nixon, was inactive for last Sunday’s divisional-playoff win at Denver.

The Colts will also be without reserve linebacker Josh McNary, who is on the NFL’s Exempt–Commissioner Permission List after being charged with rape. McNary played against Denver, logging 22 snaps on special teams. The Colts were able to fill McNary’s roster spot.

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66 responses to “Colts reserve tackle Xavier Nixon misses team flight, ruled out”

  4. How does a grown man not get to the airport in time to catch a flight to work? I guess he forgot he played football for a living and had a game this weekend.

  8. First Trent Richardson decides he’s got better things to do, now Nixon bails out. Are the Colts players so sure they’ve got no chance against the Patriots, that it’s just pointless to show up?

  10. Maybe they don’t wanna watch Luck throw all those INT’s this weekend… (like he always does against decent teams)

  13. The biggest game his team has to play, except for the Superbowl, and this clown misses the plane?

    Worthless. Cut him. If he cannot show up for this game, what does that tell you about his attitude for regular season games?

    Nixon is probably the type that’s satisfied to be making NFL 2nd string money, putting forth the minimal amount of effort to stay right there. No ambition.

  14. He was an un-drafted rookie, he’s lucky just to be able to catch a whiff of the playing field on game days.

  16. Is there any fan who has had a worse last eight months than Ariani? His continued disgust at how good the Packers are and Vikings are has to be torture. Well earned.

  18. This is totally understandable your told what time the flight is all week long…you get your boarding pass ect. and bam you remember you forgot something, ur buddy Trent…run back to the stadium and when you get back to the airport they didn’t wait for you. Man this happens all the time. Damn!

  21. “This is why Luck won’t win a SB, at least not for many years.

    Players have ZERO respect for him.”

    Go back to watching Rugrats. You have no clue.

  23. keylimelight says:
    Jan 17, 2015 8:49 PM
    The biggest game his team has to play, except for the Superbowl, and this clown misses the plane?

    Worthless. Cut him. If he cannot show up for this game, what does that tell you about his attitude for regular season games?

    Nixon is probably the type that’s satisfied to be making NFL 2nd string money, putting forth the minimal amount of effort to stay right there. No ambition.

    …………………………………………….

    lol did you just say an NFL player has no ambition??
    Who are you sitting behind that there computer screen?? The astronaut about to go to Mars??? Surely you don’t have a normal job

    I’m sure everything else you said wasn’t just negative assumptions either because you know the guy well…

  24. wrm1230 says:
    Jan 17, 2015 8:54 PM
    Is there any fan who has had a worse last eight months than Ariani? His continued disgust at how good the Packers are and Vikings are has to be torture. Well earned.
    ——————–

    Worse 8 months?? LOL

    Try worse 54 years as in 0 for 54!

    In that same time period the Green Bay Packers have only won 7 titles mos by any team.

    That’s got to make the large intestine ache again.

  28. Maybe he had better things to do than play in the AFCCG?…wow!

    There has got to be more to this story than missing a flight to the biggest game of this young mans career…..right?

  31. seatownballers says:
    Jan 17, 2015 8:54 PM

    I thought these guys went to college
    ——-
    Not only that, the school GRADUATED some of these clowns.

  32. This is intensely pathetic beyond words. Here, a young guy is literally ONE game from the Super Bowl, and the ONLY responsibility he has is to make it to the airport on time – with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake (not to mention career). Unbelievable…

  37. wrm1230 says:
    Jan 17, 2015 8:54 PM
    Is there any fan who has had a worse last eight months than Ariani? His continued disgust at how good the Packers are and Vikings are has to be torture. Well earned.

    I figure it has been an entire lifetime. Looking around, wondering where it all went wrong, blaming everyone except himself.

  39. Good to see the Colts are focused this week … oh my, will this be an ugly, ugly game.

    Pats 47 – Colts 13.

    Maybe by half time.

  43. The Colts are trying their hardest to show examples of what not to do before a championship game. What a train wreck.

  46. With all the shenanigans going on with the Colts, its highly likely we will have a blowout on Sunday evening against the Pats.

  50. Try worse 54 years as in 0 for 54!

    In that same time period the Green Bay Packers have only won 7 titles mos by any team.
    ================

    Ladies and gentlemen, the child left behind.

  51. When I googled Ariani, she is a very, very well designed Arab World model, who probably would be target for the American Sniper…

    As for the football team —
    They had a walk-through and probably had meeting today before getting ready for the trip.
    They charter a bus and plane for the trip to NE.
    He missed the flight and probably about $25k for the share from the game.
    He’ll probably be cut.

    Let’s assume something MORE then he just overslept or got drunk happened. Nothing against the posters who speculate, but geeezzzz, give the man a break until we at least get some idea.

    Sure a lot of crap this week in that locker room, though. Gotta admit that you just don’t get that out of the other 3, except for moron Tate trying to screw with Russell and the Seahawks. Sour Grapes!

  57. shlort says: Jan 17, 2015 8:33 PM

    How does a grown man not get to the airport in time to catch a flight to work? I guess he forgot he played football for a living and had a game this weekend.
    ————————————————-
    He won’t be playing football for a living very long.

  58. My clock was broke! The secondary alarm didn’t ring! My 3rd backup plan failed! Oops that was supposed to be Trent Richardson picking me up. Called Irsay. Was told he’d hold the plane for me until I got there. Oops! He forgot. My wife or girl friend got sick! A closet in my house caught on fire! My tire went flat! The engine fell out too!Wow—–This is starting to sound like Belushi on Blues Brothers!

  61. “Had a game ??? This is for the AFC Championship”
    He was ruled inactive the last couple of games so missing the plane seems more of a protest than stupidity and he will be gone from the team next week most likely. will he miss out on his playoff paycheck,most likely.

  63. xavier probably partying too late at the clubs, drinking some good bubbly, and didn’t wake up in time—he needs a good alarm clock!

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