What To Expect: Quarterbacks

1. Under, his 49 TD season is Peyton’s only year with more than 33 TDs

2. Yes, he won a MVP in a down year (statistically and in team success), so an “as usual” Peyton should be able to pick up one more in the next few years.

3. 7, giving him 18 and wrapping his career up just before his 40th birthday.

4. Cure Cancer, AIDS, the common cold, rescue 45 children from a burning orphanage, be the first man on Mars and discover cold fusion… by next Tuesday.

5. Under, he’s been over for most of his career, but only one of the last 4 seasons. Teams are really trying to limit his attempts, and the Colts can run more now that they aren’t leaning on just one quality back.

6. For a while, he’s signed through 2010, I expect him to stay at least that long. Beyond that depends on the progress Painter makes and/or a 2010 QB prospect being drafted mid to late.

7. I think he’ll sit on the PS, no team is going to burn a roster spot on him when he didn’t go through their camp. He isn’t a good enough prospect right now.

8. Yes, If Sorgi walks after 2010 which I think is very possible, I’d expect him to at least get a injury replacement start for whoever picks him up. They wouldn’t pay him over 1mil a year if he wasn’t at least adequate backup.

9. No, but it’s possible. Look at Dan Orlovsky’s contract for the premium being put on a semi-competent QB on the open market. I doubt the Colts would pay that for a clipboard holder and filmbuddy.

10. No, Peyton is too smart to pull a Favre. He knows that jerking his team around is bad for his image which is bad for his wallet.

1) Over, but I agree with you Colts Homer, just barely. I say 35 also

2) Yes, he will win a 4th league MVP before he’s done

3) 6 years. He will know when its time for him to go and I say he plays at an elite level for that long

4) See Shake’s answer. Pretty much he would have to be declared a Saint – by next Tuesday. Or perhaps, get caught in a motel room with a hooker and a crack pipe. Its hard to tell what the haters really want to see

5) Under. With the run game improving, he won’t have to throw 60 passes in a game and thus limiting his yardage

6) Peyton likes Sorgi. I expect him to stay at least until his contract is up (and they find a suitable replacement – read: Peyton’s replacement)

7) Practice Squad. I just don’t see Polian having 3 QBs on the active roster

8) I don’t think Sorgi will. He will find a clipboard toting spot somewhere else or retire. Painter – that’s hard to say.

9) No. I agree that Polian drafts Peyton’s replacement by the 2010 season

10) Never gonna happen. Polian wouldn’t let that happen – Peyton has been the team for 11 years. Plus, Peyton is way too smart and less ego driven to pull a Favre

1. Over/under on Peyton Manning touchdown passes: 34.5 TDs
I say 34

2. Do you expect Peyton Manning to win a record-breaking 4th MVP? (not just this year but over his entire career)
Yes

3. How many more years do you expect Peyton to play?
6 more years

4. What will Peyton have to do to stop people like KC Joyner hating on him?
Just let it slide. It’s the Colts’ way

5. Over/under on Peyton Manning passing yards: 4100.5 yards
Over

6. Do you expect Jim Sorgi to keep his backup QB job?
No, CP is a better QB imo

7. Do you expect Curtis Painter to make the active roster, make the practice squad or get cut overall?
Make the active roster

8. Do you expect Jim Sorgi or Curtis Painter to ever start a game in the NFL?
Yeah CP if he is able to show he can do it

9. Will Sorgi get an extension from the team after his contract runs up in 2010?
No

10. Will Peyton Manning ever play for another NFL team?
No

1. Under, because the running game will improve and we will have a more balanced attack.

2. No, but not because I don’t wish it to be so.

3. Five. I expect him to step down as soon as he feels the slightest decline in performance… probably before it’s perceptible to us.

4. Save Tom Brady from a burning house. Even then the story will be more about Brady.

5. Under, again for same reason cited in #1… the improvement in the running game.

6. Yes

7. Practice squad

8. Sorgi – yes, but not with the Colts. Painter – yes, with the Colts.

9. No – see #8

10. No… I just don’t see it.

1. Over/under on Peyton Manning touchdown passes: 34.5 TDs
over. id say 37 for this year

2. Do you expect Peyton Manning to win a record-breaking 4th MVP? (not just this year but over his entire career)
Yes,

3. How many more years do you expect Peyton to play?
6 more years

4. What will Peyton have to do to stop people like KC Joyner hating on him?
win three more titles to tie with Montana. Its the only way.

5. Over/under on Peyton Manning passing yards: 4100.5 yards
Over

6. Do you expect Jim Sorgi to keep his backup QB job?
this year, yes.

7. Do you expect Curtis Painter to make the active roster, make the practice squad or get cut overall?
PS

8. Do you expect Jim Sorgi or Curtis Painter to ever start a game in the NFL?
Honestly, no.

9. Will Sorgi get an extension from the team after his contract runs up in 2010?
No, he will be released when it finishes.

10. Will Peyton Manning ever play for another NFL team?
Never. Once a Colt, always a Colt

1.) Over. That really is a perfect number. He’s only done it once, but this year he has the weaponry, with Brown, that allows him to do it again (however I always feel this way).

2.) No. He may earn it, but in this league, predicting MVP’s is a really inexact science.

3.) 7, so through 2015.

4.) For this year. In 2010 it will be Painters.

5.) Cure Cancer (although KC Joyner will still hate him since that just proves his “Peyton’s too much of a braniac” theory)

6.) Over. He had a two-headed RB beast in 2006 and went way over.

7.) Roster. The Colts aren’t ones to have a worthless draft pick.

8.) NO

9.) NO

10.) NOOO

    1. Under
     2. Yes 4 sounds good.
    3. 6 more years.
    4. Can’t do anything about people like that. Pleasing everyone is impossible.
    5. Over, just because he’s Peyton.
    6. Yes, but my opinion could change after Training Camp.
    7. Practice Squad.
    8. Yes, Painter but for another team.
     9. No extension for Sorgi.
   10. Peyton will never play for another team. He won’t keep hanging on like Favre because there’ll be so many offers pouring in from TV land. He has so much going on, he won’t need Football to keep him fulfilled.

1. Under. History doesn’t prove this to be true as shake pointed out, weapons or not. I’ll take 30.

2. I’d be surprised if he won a 4th MVP, but I don’t think it’s a definite no. New faces will overtake Manning even if he’s the more deserving candidate at least once on a “he’s already got three, why does he need four?”

3. I expect six. Seven if he’s not already broken the records from a then robotic Favre.

4. Nothing short of winning two more Super Bowls back to back is going to change things. If he wins two, it’ll be “Well…Brady got two in a row!!” “Well, it took him long enough!!” Manning’s critics will never change. I don’t even really think back-to-back Super Bowls would change that.

5. Over. Maybe only slightly over, but he can get the yards with the weapons.

6. For this year at least. He knows the system well enough to keep him around.

7. Probably the practice squad, but can get moved up if he shows things Sorgi doesn’t. I think Sorgi’s experience with the system makes him a clear backup to Painter this season.

8. Hopefully not in the next few years, but they could start Week 1 this year, so I can’t say it’ll be no, but I’ll just hope not.

9. I doubt it. By that point, I think you’ve got Painter as a more capable backup.

10. I’ll say no, but as with most answers, it’s not a definite no. Unitas did. Favre still has yet to suit up for 29 teams, so it’s not impossible, but I’d imagine him to play as a Colt until he retires.

1) Under. I think 33 touchdown passes is probably the right number.

2) Yes, I still think he’ll win one more, but he really should have like 10 MVPs because he’s been the best NFL player year in and year in for this entire decade. It’s kind of like Jordan with his MVPs: he was the best player every year, but the voters got sick of giving him the award, so they voted for someone else.

3) 7 years.

4) I think he needs to cut a bitch in the throat, get caught snorting cocaine, hold meetings with the offense in strip clubs, and cheat on his wife with every girl in the world like my man Michael Irvin in order for JC, KC, and Tom Joyner to stop hatin’ on him.

5) Under. I think he gets no more than 4050 passing yards. Hopefully the run game will average 100 yards per game this coming season.

6) Yeah, I just hope if Peyton does go down (i.e. Brady’s injury), Sorgi won’t make a complete ass out of him.

7) Practice squad.

8) Even if Peyton’s healthy, throws 10 interceptions threw 3 1/2 quarters of a game, and their both still on the Colts roster; um….no.

9) No, I think by that time Polian will be looking for a young QB for Peyton to groom.

10) In the words of Whitney Houston: HELL TO THE NAW!!!!

speaking of QBs, the smartwater tom brady ad on si.com is f*cking annoying!

1. Under. To be honest, I think he’ll throw around 30 – 32 touchdown passes.

2. It’s possible. As long as he plays at the elite level he does right now, he’s got a shot.

3. Hopefully, five to six more seasons. I’d hate to see him retire early.

4. Improve his post-season record and probably find a way to win another Superbowl.

5. A little under. I think he will pass for 4,000 yards, but not much more than that.

6. Yeah, it’s not like he needs to play anyways.

7. I think he’ll make it to the practice squad, and could potentially replace Sorgi. Who knows?

8. For the Colts, no, for someone else, doubt it.

9. If Painter proves to be a better player than Sorgi, then probably not.

10. Hell to the no. Unlike Brett Favre, Peyton respects the game of football and the players that came before him. He won’t stain his career or the Colts organization. When he’s ready to go, he’ll go. I mean, this is a guy who says he “lives for Sundays.”

I thought about Graham Harrell after the draft about him not getting drafted and all that. But I say that he was a system QB. His numbers were inflated because of it. Now don’t get me wrong he is a good QB, we just don’t know how he would be in a PRO system. That is why I agree with the Painter pick. Harrell most likely is a better QB at the moment, but Painter comes form a school that has produced good and great QBs(Brees, Ortin, Bob Grise) that gives him an edge in understanding how PRO systems work.

1. Under. A revamped running game and plenty of leads will keep Manning from going through the air too much.
2. Yes. If Peyton can’t do it, they need to hang a sign on the MVP trophy that says “Max 3 per customer”.
3. He’s always said he wants to plat 18 years, so 7 more seasons.
4. Win a Super Bowl in inclement weather against a 3-4 defense while having a perfect game. Or win 3 more Super Bowls. Whichever comes first.
5. Under. See #1.
6. For now. But only for now.
7. Practice squad.
8. Nope.
9. Probably not. Too expensive. But, Polian might have him “taken care of”, just in case.
10. Nope. He’s not Brett Favre. He’ll retire, then immediately get hired on as a coach somewhere.