Tuesday, March 6, 2012

End Of An Era


News broke yesterday that the Indianapolis Colts will not be re-signing Peyton Manning. Manning was due 28 mil on March 8th if the Colts would've decided to keep him. Instead, Colts' owner Jim Irsay decided it made more sense to part ways with the future Hall Of Fame'er. Peyton Manning missed all of last season with a neck injury that required four surgeries. The Colts had a 2-14 record which gave them the number one pick in this year's up coming draft. Rather than taking a gamble on the possibly unhealthy Manning (looks healthy to me...) the Colts will rebuild through the draft. The consensus number one pick is Stanford QB, Andrew Luck. The Colts will began a new era with Luck and say goodbye to Manning. Peyton Manning has meant so much to this franchise and to the city. Manning was the 1st pick in the 1998 NFL draft. He went on to win Rookie of The Year in '98. He has won 4 MVPs and started 208 straight regular season games for the Colts. Manning led the Colts to two Super Bowls, winning one in 2005. Now that we know Manning will not be a Colt, let the Manning sweepstakes begin! There are a few teams that need a QB: Redskins, Dolphins and possibly the Jets are a few of the teams interested in Peyton. A team I would love to see Manning play for is the Arizona Cardinals. He could easily take over the division and plus he'll get to throw passes to the best WR in the game, Larry Fitzgerald. I hope that happens. I think that would be the perfect fit for Peyton.

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