Jim Irsay on Peyton Manning Last Week

by nmbr5ml on Feb 11, 2012 7:20 PM EST

This is a week old, but I hadn't run across it anywhere (notably hadn't heard of it here). Watch for yourself. This would be a really strange thing for Irsay to say if he had any plans of cutting Manning.

His thoughts on Manning playing for the Colts in 2012: "If he wants to be here, and he wants to play here, then uh, you know, that's what it's gonna be."

Not going to jump to any conclusions here but we might want to get back to at least considering the possibility of Peyton Manning playing for the Colts next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHe-3omZ3o

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I think what he means....

is that if Peyton is willing to come to the table and renegotiate a proper contract for a player of his age and current injury status, then Peyton can come back and retire a Colt. I would love nothing more than to see Peyton come back, I think he deserves that, he’s practically revitalized this city single-handedly, but I truly believe that this is Irsay’s out for when Peyton doesn’t want a realistic contract. Irsay will be able to say “I offered Peyton a way to stay and contribute to his legacy, but obviously Peyton isn’t interested in staying since he didn’t accept the offer proposed.”

I think it keeps Irsay from being the complete asshole of cutting Peyton, but still having that option. Pretty smart PR move in my opinion, for a guy that has made some bone head PR decisions in the last few weeks/months.

The flamethrower was invented because someone once said "I'd like to set that man on fire, but I can't quite get close enough."

by colts fan in sd on Feb 12, 2012 1:59 PM EST reply actions

That might make sense

if Irsay hadn’t declared that he would make Manning the highest-paid player in the NFL last year, only to have Manning himself propose a smaller contract (at least that’s the way it played out in the media). Walking around telling the world you’re gonna make your injured QB the highest paid, only to claim he’s overpaid the next year when he’s healthy, is not a smart PR move at all.

by nmbr5ml on Feb 12, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

I think....

Jim Irsay probably made those statements about Peyton before he found out the full extent of the injury. I could be wrong about that, but I can’t see Irsay saying he would make Peyton the highest paid QB in the league if he knew he wouldn’t play the season following that huge contract.

I think now that the injury has played out as it has, Peyton needs to come back to the table. I don’t mind the giant contract, like I said before, even if he’s 75% of what he was, I think he has earned that and will still be a top 5 QB in the NFL, but if Peyton truly believes that he can come back and play at a high level, then give him a contract with a smaller salary and load the crap out of it with incentives that don’t count against the cap. I think a large incentive laiden contract would be win-win for both sides, as if he reaches those benchmarks to make the incentives, he’s getting paid, and he’s most likely playing at a high-level. If he can’t hit those incentive marks, then he makes off with a little cash from Irsay, and at least Irsay can cut ties with him knowing that he’s not where he was.

I don’t know, I don’t want to the team to make a terrible decision just to keep Peyton around and let him play out here. But at the same time, I’m willing to bet he’s still got some in the tank. It’s a tough call and I’m glad its not mine to make.

The flamethrower was invented because someone once said "I'd like to set that man on fire, but I can't quite get close enough."

by colts fan in sd on Feb 12, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs