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While never being part of the franchise, longtime Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has become a an important component of recent New England Patriots history. The teams have squared off in pivotal regular season games, AFC Championships, and are both perennial playoff contenders. The Brady vs. Manning debate is one for the ages. Win or lose, Manning was always a worthy opponent.
But Peyton Manning leaving the Indianapolis Colts is the end of an era. Manning has done much to build the statdium and team he has faithfully quarterbacked for fourteen years. When healthy, he is one of the few elite quarterbacks in the NFL. On the one hand, I understand that these decisions are business. Manning wants to make money, start, and win another Super Bowl ring; the Colts don’t want to miss an opportunity on a number-one pick or tie up too much salary cap space on one position. Yet you’d like to think these things go beyond business and football fans are rooting for people, not jerseys.
With at least two AFC East teams listed as potential suitors, Manning’s history with the Patriots could well continue and even intensify. But his time as the face of the Indianoplis franchise, during which he was a pillar of the community and a class act, has come to an end.
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RJ| 3.7.12 @ 3:10PM
Peyton has had a brilliant career. My biggest wish for him is that he is healthy. Big time football is hard on the body. I am sure that Peyton will be successful in whatever he decides to do. He has some good football years in him if he wants it.
Bob Grant| 3.7.12 @ 3:15PM
The Cowboys should hire him as a player/coach, and then fast-tracked to coach and GM.
This man IS Mr. Football. He talks it, lives it, and breathes it.
If the NFL wants to have a future and shed it's increasingly-problematic image as a Thug League, then Peyton needs to be at the forefront...in any capacity!
Bob Grant| 3.7.12 @ 3:19PM
cont...on second thought Jerry Jones has promulgated this Thug Image, to the extent of profiting off of it, so bringing in Peyton Manning would serve cross purposes
...what was I thinking? The Cowboys demise continues.
Mike Daly | 3.7.12 @ 5:50PM
No way. Tom Brady is better, Steve McNair was better, Kurt Warner was better (though not by that much), John Elway was better - Peyton Manning may have over 50,000 passing yards, 399 touchdowns, and 141 wins to date, but in terms of quarterbacking toughness and clutch ability he's not all that.
Mary| 3.8.12 @ 8:42AM
Mike you're a schmuck. Peyton has one of the best football minds ever. I becme a fan on Monday night football when the Colt's were playing Tampa Bay. The Colt's were three scores behind, four to win with about 8 minutes left. Peyton was brilliant in leading his team back to win. It was one of the best games I have ever seen. Peyton has a brilliant mind and the whole Manning family is a class act.