Peyton Manning: 'It Was Fun To Get Out Of Town.'

I will always remain a Peyton Manning fan and loyalist.

As I root from my Lucas Oil seats for the Colts, I will always love Peyton, wherever he is. Go Colts.

Kravitz kept using the term “wistful” describing PM during their interview. syn Melancholy. sigh

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It’s an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.”

Colin Powell

Great quote.

They will have to do what is best for the organization long term. It’s unfortunate but this team isn’t a SB contender anymore even with 18…

What is stupid is people hoping Luck will be a bust! I hope he is better than Brady Peyton Elway Unitas and Montana combined. That has a .000001% chance of happening but my loyalty is to the team…

If there are such “Colts fans” with this sentiment, then they’re obviously not Colts fans.

Everyone’s speculating that Manning’s days as a Colt are behind him. However the man’s working hard to be healthy by the deadline. As Blake correctly stated, Manning deserves to be here and has earned the right. If Peyton’s not physically capable of “manning” the position, that’s one thing, but the man is driven and feels he has something to prove; that says loads. I’m not giving up on Peyton as so many of his “fans” have. Dan Marino’s knees, toward the end of his career, weren’t in the best of shape either. The Dolphins just surrounded with a blockade of muscle that allowed him the opportunity to pass and throw accurately.

The Colts would be wise to do the same. When he comes back – and I know he will – watch for some of these same posters to have sudden memory loss regarding his ability to lead this team. I’m just waiting for the chance to say “I told you so” in CAPS and bold type…..

So everyone want to read between the lines and assume that Manning is a dead man walking, that it’s PR jostling, what not. My thought is that it was smart and premeditated that Peyton address this stuff when he did, but not as a PR stunt, but more or less so this story doesn’t overshadow the Super Bowl. Sadly, since this is a rematch of 2007, and there isn’t the 19-0 factor, this year’s SB does have a pretty weak story line and I am sure the media will play out the Eli and Brady in Peyton’s house story or the if Eli wins another ring is he better than Peyton nonsense. Eli had a great year and Peyton doesn’t want to steal his thunder. Why not get pre-emptive?

Also, I love how headlines make it sound like he’s a pissed of a-hole and that he is completely trashing the organization. What he gave was his opinion of the current state of the facility and the team. He of all people, is a big time creature of habit. His support system has been taken away. Of course he’s going to have some mixed feelings about the recent happenings. Even when he talks about Eli, the first thing he talks about is the long standing relationship he has with his coaches.

I am one of the many that would certainly love to see Peyton healthy and playing for the Colts next season. If he’s not, I have prepared myself for that day and will look forward to hopefully brigher days and more rings.

But aren’t we starting to beat a dead horse. Obviously the health of arguably the greatest qb is a huge story, but we won’t know shit until March 8th, right?

So, shouldn’t all of us arm chair GMs, arm chair scouts, arm chair orthopedic surgeons, arm chair PR analysts, just take a deep breath and relax?

But man, sometimes this shit gets out of hand, amirite?
And yes when it comes to the Colts it’s pretty damn impossible to relax without the aid of booze or xanax.

Now it’s therapeutic!

the situation. Anytime there’s a major changes in a company, it’s always a difficult place to be – for the superstars and even the janitor. It sucks for everyone involved. Manning’s reactions are normal for an organization undergoing changes. It’s not like it’s going to be magically better someplace else and Manning knows this. You think there’s new faces in Indy? Well, everybody will be a new face anyplace else he goes – including the most important people to him – his teammates.

No NFL team can afford an elite QB and still be competitive under the salary cap.

You “time for a new QB” types, are assuming a lot. Sportswriter/attention whores are writing provocative stories, trying to force a public decision from either Manning, or Irsay (or both).

If it comes time to pay the man in March, and he says he’ll be ready to play, they’re paying him.

All you guys who say the Colts won’t be competitive even with Manning, must have amnesia. Aside from the QB position, they improved in many spots from 2010 (when they were 10-6 and won the division again), so I’m not certain I understand how they won’t be competitive. If they have a rookie QB, you’re right, they probably won’t be competitive.

What is it you fans want? A winning football team or a new QB?