DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins running back Frank Gore returns to Indianapolis on Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS) the same way he left, as the NFL's oldest running back wiggling through tiny holes, wowing teammates and coaches and defying the odds.
That's exactly how Jim Harbaugh remembers Gore. One memory stands out: In 2011, Harbaugh's first season as 49ers coach, Gore was considered unlikely to play in an early October game at Philadelphia because of an ankle injury suffered the week before.
"I thought there was no chance he would play. His ankle was jacked up.