Archie Manning Is Talking About Peyton Again

by Stew Blake on Jan 10, 2012 1:55 PM EST in Colts News

Well, well. It's official: Archie Manning has changed his tune. Again.

Shortly after Archie commented -- a month ago -- that Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck playing on the same team wouldn't be ideal, for either involved, Archie tried to clarify that the remarks were simply his own beliefs and they hadn't came from some long father-to-son talk with Peyton.

Basically, it sounded as if Peyton had ripped his dad a new one for the remarks, causing Archie to backtrack and offer his form of a mea culpa.

Apparently, Archie believes it's time to talk about the future some more.

Now, a month later and less than three months before we learn the fate of his son, Archie has officially flipped the script and jumped onto the "Luck and Peyton can co-exist!" bandwagon. After an appearance at an awards show in New Orleans, Archie proclaimed, "without a doubt" that his son and Andrew Luck could co-exist if Luck is drafted, as expected.

What a surprise... Funny how people's opinions "change", isn't it?

Along with his newest Manning v. Luck declaration, Archie reconfirmed the thoughts of his son, in which Peyton admitted that he was disappointed about Bill Polian's departure. Also, according to Archie, Peyton remains committed to coming to the Colts in 2012, despite the newly initiated rebuilding phase.

Wait, what? I thought Peyton didn't talk to Archie about his future?

Strange, but not really.

We all know that Peyton speaks to his dad about the future, regardless of what Archie says. That's what a father and son are supposed to do... The Manning family is tight-knit and it would only be natural for Peyton to spitball with his paps about what the future may hold. His little brother too.

We also know that Archie has direct communication with the Luck family, as he stated, making his original comments about the two not being able to co-exist seem authentic in nature. Peyton always says the right things, so maybe Peyton was afraid of how he would be perceived in the future due to Archie's comments.

Who friggin' knows, at this point.

I'm just going to operate under the assumption that Archie knows what he's talking about when it comes to his son, even though he may sound like the occasional attention seeker.

Will the result be a happy ending for the Manning and Luck family? Let's hope so.

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Daddy issues

I know Archie is just being a dad and doing dad stuff for his kids (and yes, I’m a dad myself), but if I were Peyton I think I would have to tell him to just keep his mouth shut on the whole thing. Just don’t say anything.

The whole thing about Archie being the mouthpiece for everything Manning in the NFL kinda bothers me. Peyton and Eli are big boys, why can’t they handle they handle their own business? To me, the more Archie talks the more it looks bad for Peyton and Eli.

Peyton or Eli said something, but hey, let’s go ask their dad and really get the story!!

The media are the ones that keep running to Archie but it’s only because they know he’s got loose lips.

What do I really have left in life but this place? It ain't much of a home, but it's all I got. Well, g******it. I'll be damned if I let some foreign, graffiti writin', soul suckin', son of a bitch in an oversized cowboy hat and boots take my friend's souls and sh** 'em down the visitors toilet!

by Guy LeDouche on Jan 10, 2012 2:44 PM EST reply actions

He’s not saying anything Peyton didn’t want him too. But while I prefer he say nothing they still ask him don’t they?

by CF4L on Jan 10, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

People are allowed to change their opinions, aren't they?

Even if he were told by Peyton to back off his comments, I’d still like to believe that a person can change his mind on a particular subject without being admonished. Sure, it makes pigeonholing their point of view harder to do for the media, but I think that’s easy enough to get past if you’re good at your job.

I am a veteran of the Internet - I will suffer fools gladly. And then mock them. And then post cat pictures.

by BoilerUp1982 on Jan 10, 2012 2:51 PM EST reply actions

I agree

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by 18forPrez on Jan 10, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions

When's the draft? I'm gonna take the next day off of work

And just get drunk as a skunk. I have no idea what is going on. Texans fans down here keep asking me. And to be honest, I am not even sure what I want the result to be at this point.,,,,,I love Manning. But I guess I’ll have to be satisfied at whatever the result

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by GotDebt on Jan 10, 2012 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Great Coverage!

Personally, I am going to wait until I see PM and his doctor standing at a podium saying he is 100% healthy and PM stating that either a.) he is willing to redo a 1yr contract for less pay so he can have a retirement tour in 2012 or b.) he says he is good to go long term and is planning to play 4-5 more years.

Otherwise I will be cheering both for the Luck era to begin immediately and for Peyton to end his career with a SB elsewhere!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 10, 2012 2:58 PM EST reply actions

Nothing changed.

All Archie ever said was that he didn’t think it wasn’t the greatest scenario (individually) for Peyton and Andrew to be on the same team (which I think is rather obvious).

Archie never said that Peyton and Andrew couldn’t (or wouldn’t) play together. The media just jumped to wild conclusions. Imagine that…

by NFLFan83 on Jan 10, 2012 5:04 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

i will say peyton and andrew cant play together

because its against the rules to play two QBs at the same time

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by muncie_in_this on Jan 10, 2012 10:03 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 2 recs

brillant

ive thought the same thing for months now

by supercolts on Jan 10, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

where???

where in the rules does it say that they both can’t play at the same time?? ever heard of the wildcat offense?? 2 qb’s can indeed play at the same time……

by BIG JOHN D on Jan 11, 2012 2:57 AM EST up reply actions

Well, not lined up behind the Center they cant

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by dezznutz1001 on Jan 11, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

aaahh, you're forgetting the piggyback formation.

You take a pocket QB and have him ride a scrambling QB. Best of both worlds.

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by zherebyonki on Jan 12, 2012 7:12 PM EST up reply actions

I agree. This is all making a mountain out of a molehill.

the speculation by the author that Peyton turned around and “ripped” Archie a “new one” is just baseless and crude speculation.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy

by zherebyonki on Jan 11, 2012 3:00 AM EST up reply actions

Easy, fella.

Let’s tone down the sensitivity a notch or two lol. It’s a feeling based upon how Archie changed his opinion within the length of a single day. Archie tried to clarify his comments about the situation, stating that he thought the radio station was “asking whether Luck should sit or play.”

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by Stew Blake on Jan 13, 2012 5:52 AM EST up reply actions

I've heard the interviews

and Archie has said consistently that he doesn’t know what Peyton wants and hasn’t talked to him about whether he is okay with the Colts drafting Luck. He just says that they could co-exist in his opinion. There has been a lot of word twisting going on and I keep hearing words out of Archie’s mouth as if they came from Peyton’s. This article by both the writer and blogger mean nothing. In my opinion Archie has been consistent and the only thing that has changed is how people have interpreted his words…

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by Mark Olson on Jan 10, 2012 5:52 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

Archie

Archie has been 100% accurate so far. Luck needs to play from day 1. Peyton needs to play if healthy.

It’s not the best situation for either one. Putting so much money into one position isn’t good for the Colts, it ties Manning up for at least 3 years which likely means Luck is on the bench for 3 years.

They can co-exist because they both will be professional about it.

He hasn’t said one word that is out of line and I doubt he has said one word that Peyton himself isn’t comfortable with.

by Meat Tuperello on Jan 10, 2012 9:25 PM EST reply actions

I hope Peyton does play again for 1 year

But Wayne and Clark should go. Any reciever he throws to that can catch will look good with him. We saw this year that they are nothing without Peyton. Even Blair White put up numbers when he played last year, enough said.

by lvwinwin on Jan 10, 2012 9:59 PM EST reply actions

Suggestion for BBS

You should interview Archie. If not you, then crowd source the interview. Would beat the heck out of reading new GM speculation articles :)

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by indymike on Jan 10, 2012 11:46 PM EST reply actions

this article was by Stew Blake, not BBS. I also did a double take due to the shrill tone.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy

by zherebyonki on Jan 11, 2012 3:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I didn’t really think it was shrill… I think StambedeBlue really is missing an opportunity…

-- Life is to short to take everything serious. Especially sports blogs.

by indymike on Jan 11, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions

Ok, maybe not shrill, but grossly speculative (see: “ripped a new one”). I’m not sure I’d want to interview with this blog, which is pretty merciless when BBS believes you’re withholding info that he thinks he’s entitled to, or if you should change your tune from one week to the next. I think I’d go the route of Kurt Godel, the mathematician-logician who strove to never say anything false, and so often merely left sentences unfinished.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy

by zherebyonki on Jan 12, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

peyton manning

I say since they got rid of the head coach who really didn’t do anything anyway, and peyton was the one calling the plays and trying to help all year. Lets make Peyton the head coach so he can teach Andrew as many secrets as he can, some can’t be taught as it just comes natural to peyton, but it would be very sad to see peyton leave, and we all know that his injury could get him really hurt for life, and of course every other team out there knows that so you know if he plays again there gonna be all over him to get him out of the game. Peyton could take the colts to the playoffs every year as a coach and the colts would be stupid not to think of this

by forevercolts on Jan 20, 2012 7:19 PM EST reply actions