Report: Colts' Kelly out 6-8 weeks with bone defect in foot

Rest and rehab didn't work.

Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly was expected to be out just a few weeks with a foot injury and return for Week 1 of the 2017 season, however, head coach Chuck Pagano said Thursday that Kelly will require surgery and miss regular-season time.

The injury is a bone defect in his foot that will sideline Kelly for six-to-eight weeks, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

The Colts will look at free-agent options at the position, Pagano said, according to George Bremer of The Herald Bulletin.

Kelly injured his foot last week during practice.

The 2016 first-round draft pick hasn't missed a game or start in his career.