Peyton Manning

[jake34]

The man is going to look so good in the teal.

He'll be hanging with Mr. James and Mr. Wade down on the beach in no time.

Then he can see what a fun town is really like.

I get giddy just thinking about it.

 

[Beco]

So you want them to take a guy with zero coaching experience and no known aptitude for the job and make him head coach of the one of biggest franchises in the NFL? And this makes sense to you?

biggest franchises? Lets see how big they are when they start losing for the next decade....magic in a bottle is what Peyton was....

 

[Dream59]

Peyton Manning is one of the best to play the game, but there is nothing to show that he can still play. The video that everyone talks about just shows someone wearing a number 18 jersey and throwing against almost no coverage. Manning would be due 35.5 million for this year if he had remained with the Colts. Irsay can pay Luck and another player their entire first contract for that much. The risk of keeping Manning for that kind of money is too great. Manning would not be able to stay with the Colts if they did not promise him that he would start. Archie stated that Peyton and Luck would not work out well together, before he started to back track. I have a lot of respect for the Manning family when it comes to talent, but having lived in the same area as they do I also know that they are good at self promotion and all 3 have huge egos. I will say that it is almost a given that people that play at that level have to have huge egos.

 

[jomar]

Very low class to cut the best player in your franchise's history.

What have you done for me lately?

Seems like Manning didn't offer to play for a dollar and mentor Luck

 

[Spence99]

The man is going to look so good in the teal.

He'll be hanging with Mr. James and Mr. Wade down on the beach in no time.

Then he can see what a fun town is really like.

I get giddy just thinking about it.

Why would Manning go to Miami? That franchise is a disaster and nowhere close to being a SuperBowl contender.

Considering Manning's neck injury, he might only have one or two seasons left, he's going to a team that gives him a chance to win now.

The most likely landing spots for Manning are:

1. Houston. They have the D. And the offensive weapons are in place. They're starting QB is injury prone. They can release Schaub, sign Manning and let Yates apprentice under Manning for a year or two. It would be the perfect situation.

2. San Francisco. A similar situation to Houston. All the weapons are there. A QB friendly coach is in place. It will all depend on if Harbaugh is sold on Smith or not.

3. Arizona. Many offensive weapons. Warm weather city. Stable coaching situation.

4. New York Jets. Some people think they are a QB short of being an elite team. That might be true, but I'm not so sure. I don't know if Manning would want to go where he will have to play outdoors in the winter. Would he really want to be in the same division as Bellichick and Brady?

 

[Morcheeba]

Houston and Arizona scare me.

San Fran want to re-sign Alex Smith so they're outta the picture.

Seattle's weather, nuh uh.

Jets? No way Peyton plays in the same stadium/area as little brother Eli.

Broncos? Really>?

Baltimore would be interesting, in a fairytale FUCK YOU to Irsay fashion.

If not the Fins, Houston looks decent enough.

The Cards (I know I know, in 2nd place in the polls), sorry, I just don't like this at all unless Reggie Wayne follows.

Love you, Peyton. Thanks for sooo much over the years. Fuck, don't make me cry again you melonhead. Just know that if you come to Miami I will fuck and eat myself after shitting myself while wearing your blue #18 jersey and nothing else.

 

[eyer]

...I will fuck and eat myself after shitting myself while wearing your blue #18 jersey and nothing else.

Is there an actual medical term for that sort of obsession?

 

[KRCummings]

I think it's funny how people are falling all over themselves figuring out where he's gonna go and nobody even knows if the guy can play more than a couple downs before his head falls off. His age alone is reason enough to be cautious. He'll get big bucks from a desperate team but the odds are against him really earning it.

 

[Morcheeba]

yeah yeah, KRC, laugh now just like you did when you said the tv show 'The Good Wife' wouldn't last an entire season.

 

[KRCummings]

yeah yeah, KRC, laugh now just like you did when you said the tv show 'The Good Wife' wouldn't last an entire season.

Yeah because I'm the only one questioning his health and age.

 

[Morcheeba]

Yeah because I'm the only one questioning his health and age.

Who's falling over themselves discussing the topic?

It's here and now and something to be discussed.

 

[KRCummings]

Who's falling over themselves discussing the topic?

It's here and now and something to be discussed.

Every sports program and site in the country. It's been one of the main topics of discussion for the last couple weeks.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

I think it's funny how people are falling all over themselves figuring out where he's gonna go and nobody even knows if the guy can play more than a couple downs before his head falls off. His age alone is reason enough to be cautious. He'll get big bucks from a desperate team but the odds are against him really earning it.

I think Peyton is confident right now. But If he finds he can't do it, I think he'll retire.

 

[Morcheeba]

Every sports program and site in the country. It's been one of the main topics of discussion for the last couple weeks.

Thank you. Now keep laughing at everyone else involved in this. Just sit back and laugh at others falling over themselves.

 

[KRCummings]

I think Peyton is confident right now. But If he finds he can't do it, I think he'll retire.

He seems like the type that knows when to quit so we'll see. Always hard to predict what a pro athlete will do. The competitiveness sometimes makes them do stupid shit.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

He seems like the type that knows when to quit so we'll see. Always hard to predict what a pro athlete will do. The competitiveness sometimes makes them do stupid shit.

agreed....if that have any encouragement, any chance, they're going to take it.

 

[jake34]

Why would Manning go to Miami? That franchise is a disaster and nowhere close to being a SuperBowl contender.

Considering Manning's neck injury, he might only have one or two seasons left, he's going to a team that gives him a chance to win now.

The most likely landing spots for Manning are:

1. Houston. They have the D. And the offensive weapons are in place. They're starting QB is injury prone. They can release Schaub, sign Manning and let Yates apprentice under Manning for a year or two. It would be the perfect situation.

2. San Francisco. A similar situation to Houston. All the weapons are there. A QB friendly coach is in place. It will all depend on if Harbaugh is sold on Smith or not.

3. Arizona. Many offensive weapons. Warm weather city. Stable coaching situation.

4. New York Jets. Some people think they are a QB short of being an elite team. That might be true, but I'm not so sure. I don't know if Manning would want to go where he will have to play outdoors in the winter. Would he really want to be in the same division as Bellichick and Brady?

1. Houston is not a big enough market. I don't even see him having the desire to play there.

2. I really don't see him in a San Francisco uniform. More of a pretender that had a good year in a bad division than a contender.

3. I could see him possibly going to play in Arizona for the Birdies. He would have Mr. Fitzgerald to play around with. A real Wiz as a coach too.

4. No way is he going to be a match for the New York Jets with Rex Ryan. And not because Mr. Ryan seems to have a fetish for women's toes either. Can you say personality clash?

Miami has Mr. Bush, a very good defense, and a certain Marshall plan that would work out just fine. It's inevitable, my friends. Mr. Manning's new neighborhood is going to be South Beach.

 

[Beco]

He is coming to the Redskins, sheeesh!

Dan Snyder will cut him a check, sight unseen.....

 

[pointless]

He is coming to the Redskins, sheeesh!

Dan Snyder will cut him a check, sight unseen.....

*cough*

 

[KRCummings]

Why do people keep saying Broncos? I don't get the logic in that at all.

 

[eyer]

Eli Manning of the Giants vs Peyton Manning of the Dolphins...

...Super Bowl XLVII in the Manning hometown of New Orleans.

The perfect story waiting to be written...

 

[islandman]

Why do people keep saying Broncos? I don't get the logic in that at all.

Because no one better understands the value of Peyton as a QB than another great quarterback in the form of the Broncos' EVP, John Elway.

 

[eyer]

When the Indianapolis Colts drafted Peyton Manning in 1998, the organization was considered the National Football League’s least-valuable franchise. Fast-forward to Forbes’ 2011 NFL valuations, in which the Colts ranked 11th, at $1.1 billion, a 474 percent increase. The average NFL franchise saw growth of 291 percent.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sportsbusiness/post/_/id/436/mannings-huge-impact-on-colts-finances

Remember the story Manning told Sports Illustrated's Peter King years ago about the 1998 draft? Colts management was split over which quarterback to take with the No. 1 overall pick: Manning or Washington State's Ryan Leaf.

Manning requested a meeting with then-general manager Bill Polian and then-coach Jim Mora. He told them, "I'd really like to come here if you want me. But if you don't, I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."

Now Irsay and the Colts don't want him anymore. So Manning will adapt. He always does.

He'll kick their butt for the next three years.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colu...i_gene&page=wojciechowski-120307&sportCat=nfl

 

[Beco]

Why do people keep saying Broncos? I don't get the logic in that at all.

It's happening....

 

[eyer]

http://cbsdenver.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/manning-elway.jpg?w=300
Denver Broncos’ John Elway and NFL Quarterback Peyton Manning meet at Dove Valley. (credit: CBS)

Elway looks like he could still suit up...