Javarris James' lack of playing time in recent weeks explained by Bill Polian

It's just been a matter of getting the 45-man roster set. I believe we're carrying five backs right now. Javarris is healthy. Mike (Hart) has been healthy. Mike practiced full last week. He's healthy. We have to select 45 players who can be active on Sunday. Javarris played well on (special) teams and in goal-line situations. He's a really tough guy, but we've opted in the last few weeks to go with Joseph (Addai), since he's back healthy; Donald (Brown) and Dominic (Rhodes). We can only dress three in balancing out the roster. Those are some of those decisions that Coach and the staff struggle with during the week in terms of who you want your backups to be and who's going to contribute on the most special teams. But now that we're back at full health, we're kind of going with the guys who started the season for us.

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(colts.com)