This blog is becoming a group of chicken littles.

I myself can claim I know good sources and maybe I do.

And I thought seeing Peyton the last few days speaking (and he told people to quit the whining) and out there (I see no limp) and doing walkthroughs and in general being back in the public eye would chill people out.

I have never had any doubts Manning will be ready to go to start the season. I am also not one to believe what I hear from internet sources as well. And if people are iffy to believe what the Colts tell them why should they believe “rumors.” And most of this comes down to how Manning feels going into the season and if he wants to play. I think he is doing everything in his power and working his butt off to be ready to go.

Peyton is fine I believe. And he looks fine. I know people who have seen him. So, I don’t get all this drama? If he had a second surgery why does it matter now? He is on his way to coming back.

The main issue with Manning was getting rid of the infection. Which, took longer I believe than the Colts anticpated. By longer I mean I think it set him back a week or so.

If Manning comes back 100% for the Bears game, I have no problem with them not telling us about the second surgery. The only reason they probably told us about the bursa sac surgery is because camp was coming up and they had to tell us why he wasn’t at camp. Had it happened in March and nobody knew about it, then came back this season and mentioned it, I don’t think we would think too much about it. It’s smoke and mirrors, and when Peyton runs out of that tunnel opening night, all the Bears players and fans are going to sh!t themselves.

I wasn’t refering to you specifically when I said the freaking out. I meant the entire discussion. Clearly, if you read the comments, there are people who are freaking out. I disagree with a couple of your assertions, but didn’t mean to imply you were personally freaking out. Sorry if it came out that way.

Lombardi is well connected, but my question is: who would have told him that Manning had a second procedure, and how would that person have any idea what happened? Furthermore, if you read what he actually wrote, it’s pretty vague. He says that Manning’s knee could swell if hit. Well no crap. He doesn’t say when he got his info (maybe it’s 3 weeks old); he doesn’t say where he got it. The only thing he does say is that he doesn’t know what’s really going on.

He is asserting something that he cannot possibly know 100. For him to say that he got the story 100 is insane, unless he got the info from Manning or his doctor. He only knows what his source said. I suppose that if I say, “My source says XXXX.” Then I’m 100% correct even if my source is a liar, because I only reported that someone SAID something without worrying about its veracity.

I think his story was carefully written so as to be utterly unverifiable. I would also love to know if he considers having a knee drained a “procedure”.

He has impeccable sources maybe, but he is not a journalist and is bound by no professional code of ethics at all. He is writing for a start up internet blog that desperately needs press and attention. He may be a good man or not, I have no idea. I do know that his story seems self serving and doesn’t meet a high standard of proof.

Therefore, I don’t think it makes sense to believe him at the present.

Don’t forget, he actually came back and played AFTER the injury and before the playoffs. He played half the Jacksonville game. The Colts said every week that Marvin was questionable. He’d run a little on Wednesday and the knee would swell. Then he’d be out. What did they say about the injury that wasn’t true? Dungy said over and over again that if it was a playoff game, he thought he’d play. The playoff game came, and he played. What was untrue? Just because a guys says he’s not interested in rumor mongering doesn’t mean it’s true. He says they don’t want attention. He’s lying. THEY NEED ATTENTION, or their new endeavor will come to nothing. This response means nothing. The only way he has info on this is if the Colts fed it to him to force the Bears to prepare for Sorgi.