Poll on What We Should Do with our #1 Pick

I don’t want Brackett or Wayne back at all. Possibly Wayne if he accepted a 2 yr/$10M deal – which apparently he is not willing to do.

Garcon should be re-signed, even though it will be somewhat pricey – regardless of who our starting QB is.

Addai – Meh. I could see him back if PM is our QB because he loves Addai, but Brown’s emergence and Carter’s flashes (minus the fumbles) make the old/fragile/mediocre/overpaid Addai expendable.

Would love to see Mathis re-signed, but it will probably only happen if we extend Freeney for another ~2 years to free up some 2012 cap space. His cap hit next year is scheduled to be $19 Million (!!!!) if we don’t re-structure (extend).

Would love to have Saturday back, mostly because we don’t have a replacement. At this point in his career, however, Saturday is nothing more than a slight-above-average-center…Which is fine with me – just don’t expect him to ANCHOR an O-Line (that’s why we drafted Castonzo and Ijalana).

I love Peyton as much as anybody but how is a 36 year old who’s had three neck surgeries in 19 months a guarantee to play another full season, let alone 4? You have to take Luck. If he’s nearly as good as people say he’ll be, he’ll be a Colt for a long time. The NFL isn’t like baseball where guys play well until they’re free agents, then go after the most money. Typically, if a QB is good they keep extending with their team. About half of the starting qbs in the league are franchise guys that aren’t going anywhere for years.

I agree a HEALTHY Manning gives us the BEST chance of competing. His injury though severe was NOT caused by a football play. He does not take the pounding other players with that injury might. I think he will be able to play at a high level for another 3-4 years. Surround him with some quality young talent and address a QB backup thru FA. With the recent hire at GM, I think the style of play in Indy will be changed over the next few years. But it needs to be gradully done. Let Manning run his show, while starting to put things in place for the future. As far as If he can’t return and which player should be drafted. I feel it should be RG3. Reason being the style of football this GM has in his background. Arena league and Philly use Run and Scramble QB’s. RG3 is much better suited for that syle of play. Can you imagin Luck playing in Areana league style of play??? They would knock that pathetic beard right off his face.

Let’s ignore the pricetag for a second. He’s declined (noticeably) each of the past 2 seasons. At this point in his career, he’s nothing more than an elite route runner in an old man’s, worn-down body. He can’t beat anybody deep, and has lot some of his separation skills.

Yes, he has an established rapport (spelling?) with Manning, but Manning has developed nicely with Garcon/Collie/Tamme/anybody else they bring in. Plus, with a new emphasis on OLine and running game, we don’t need a “plethora” of weapons for PM.

Oh, and also – Wayne is looking to get paid like an elite, #1 WR – which he is clearly not at this point in his career. Why tie up $7-10 Million for the next few years on him?

Plus, rams will likely trade #2 to someone looking to gain griffins rights.

So… That scenario is highly unlikely.

Ya, Manning was a paid a butt load of money and so are over 50%+ of the Professional Atheletes out there. Was he worth it? EVERY penney! To the fans of the COLTS, to Jim Irsay, to the city of Indy and to ANY fan that knows anything about football. Every year the so called"EXPERTS" anoit some collage hero as the next great wonder! This year it is Luck, next year it will Barkley, The next year it will someone else who is a sure fire NFL prospect! The real truth is less than 50% of them fall flat on there face. That’s why there is not 32 great QB’s in the league! As far as unfair to say Luck is going to have a bad career, how the heck do you know he will have a good one? Are you just listening to the Experts or do you have your own OPINION! Am I not entitled to mine and to share it with others? Oh that’s right, you are the self appointed CEO of the blogs. So, my OPINION is that if the COLTS DUMP Manning and go with Wonder Boy! Enjoy watching in years to come in a half empty stadium because they a sub 500 team! But then agin, that’s just my OPINION!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_National_Football_League_draft_picks

There have been 76 guys drafted first overall. 12 are in the Hall of Fame with 3 more likely on their way based on their careers to this point. 15 out of 76. Doesn’t sound like great odds to me. Why give up a Hall of Famer for those odds?

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2011/12/28/2663726/luck-a-guarantee

That is my own research on QBs selected first. Again, the odds are slim that they will even be a consistent starter.

http://drafthistory.com/

This site has an article halfway down the page titled “NFL Starting QBs Typically Drafted in 1st Round; But Nearly Half Don’t Play for Their Original Team.”

It shows where all the current starters were drafted. If we swap Painter for Peyton, only 12 of the 35 were even top 10 picks (he included every QB who qualified for the passing title and TJ Yates). 19 were drafted in the first round.

These are the reasons I want to trade the pick for the estimated 3 first round and 2 second round picks. We can get a quality QB in the first or second round. 23 of the 35 were drafted in those rounds.

This is definitely my opinion. I feel that the Colts should trade the pick. I base my opinion on research and statistics. That is the difference between the “draft Luck” and “trade the picks” arguments. Those who want to draft Luck are hoping for the future. Those who want to keep Manning and trade the picks are looking at it with the logical thought that Manning is the greatest ever, and Luck is a prospect. Why not trade the pick for 5 prospects instead of 1. Every first pick in history had hype around his abilities. 15 of 76 are HOFers. I’ll take quantity over quality when the quality pick has such a low success rate.

I think they are at least three years from making any serious noise. I mean, look at how much better the perennial super bowl contenders are, and they’ll likely be getting better, even just a little, every season. with Luck, it depends on how accurate all of the scouts’ projections are and how quickly he lives up to them. If he’s a beast right off the bat, then I’d say they’ve got the same 3-4 years to get into championship shape.

NOT trying to be a dick, But how can these players be scheduled to make over 26 mil and ONLY count less than 5 mil on the cap? I’m NOT a NFL exec or accountant, but that doesn’t seem possible!!!