Luck will play for the Colts if he agrees to sit on the bench. I don’t see that happening though so he’s probably going to be traded for RG3 (who said he wouldn’t mind sitting on the bench learning from Manning) and a couple of 1st round picks.

My goofy little letter was a weak jab at the juvenile posts from the Irsay haters. Every day I have to climb in a suit, wrench my jugular too tight with a silk tourniquet, and interact with a bunch of stiff but spineless and politically correct boobs who bore me to death even if I do admire their business sense and a ability to make tough decisions. I find Irsay and his quirkiness to be refreshing and amusing. He takes the edge off of some of these No Fun League aspect of the NFL.

As for Peyton being the sole reason for the Colts success, I offer a few points: 1 – Irsay gets equal credit for signing Manning to the team. 2 – The idea that Manning would have guided ANY team to similar success is pure, flawed speculation. It can’t be proven either way. 3 – The idea the Colts should have won 4 SB rings with Manning and didn’t because the Colts org sucks is one of the more juvenile views around. Most of the rantings I’ve seen about this assume that the Colts would have hit 95% amazing late round draft picks, or magically been granted an extra 20 million in cap space to surround him with talent. I lot of folks sit in their living rooms speculating like it is fantasy football with magic money (sort of how they vote for congress).

Manning took 90,000,000….over 5 years

10% discount to keep players and get FA’s

Does anyone really get excited over a 10% discount?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/sports/football/manning-agrees-to-90-million-contract-with-colts.html

“Whether I deserve to be the highest-paid player over the next five years is irrelevant,” Manning told The Star. “I would rather them use that money and keep the players they want to keep and get other players. I told them that.”

“It’s a credit 2 Peyton,” Irsay wrote on Twitter. “Put Colt fans, teammates, Ind. ’n’ winning ahead of all.”

Seems to me Luck is looking forward to playing for Indy

Down the road there’s no other organization who would be likely to give him a $90 million contract extension without checking if he’s healthy first.

During that 16 year period, the Colts went 14 – 34 without Peyton Manning.

Maybe, just maybe, Manning’s on-field ability has more to do with the Colts’ success than anything Irsay has done.

And like many before you, you’re getting too worked up over the article speculating that Irsay’s antics may be turning Luck off. Fact is, for all we know Luck might LOVE how Irsay has handled the Manning situation and may desperately want to play in Indianapolis as a result.

Betcha didn’t think of that.

If Jim Irsay and the Colts draft you this April, do not sign with them. Jim Irsay is a stupid dummy and has navigated his team into the playoffs only 12 of the 16 years since he took over the team. I mean c’mon man, just because he has the best winning percentage of any owner during his tenure doesn’t mean he isn’t a stupid dummy.

In fact, considering many of the posts here from folks I presume are football fans, maybe you should shop your services to some MLB team. I think their fans have a little more on the ball, so to speak.

Luck doesn’t have any of the options (which means much less leverage) that Elway and Eli had.

1. That’s a pretty arrogant statement in and of itself.

2. Calm down, cupcake- the whole article is speculation. There’s no actual indication whatsoever that Luck doesn’t want to play for the Colts.

3. There was nothing arrogant about what Elway did. He simply said “no thanks, I’d rather play baseball”. His life, his call.

As much as I like RG3, don;t kid yourself into thinking he’s interchangable with Luck.

Andrew Luck is a once-in-a-generation prospect, up there with John Elway, Peyton Manning, and literally no one else. No one is getting selected ahead of him.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!

If the public would take the time to understand the injury they would realize that if his arm strength/ nerve issue returns to normal, then his risk is exactly the same as it was the day he put on a helmet.

The Irsay family will never gain my sympathy or favor. Manning was the only reason I could even watch the Colts again…

Please come to Miami Peyton… the weather, the lack of state taxes, and the real estate mogul owner are all favorable aspects.. the defense is already better than the Colts, and most of the parts on offense are at least comparable with a draft and free agency to fine tune for your preferences. Maybe Reggie will come with you, since he went to college down here and would certainly remain single covered with Brandon in place here. Just a thought.

He most certainly did not. You act as if it was an act of charity, but we both know:

1. No one knew Manning would miss all of 2011 when the contract was signed.

2. It was either pay Manning or lose him.

indyrage says: The man paid Manning 20 million dollars to take a year off. Everyone wants to paint him as the bad guy. I honestly believe that they…..”the so called experts” want Manning in a different uniform. I will laugh when Irsay does resign Manning. He will either be a Colt, or he will retire. Mark that on your journals “so called experts” We will draft Luck and have Peyton too. He will restructure his contract because there is a chance he may not be ready until Sept. Who says you can have your cake and eat it too?

I think this post is going to leave you with cake on your face.

Manning is done in Indianapolis. There’s an off-chance he may retire, but he obviously doesn’t want to.

Why would Manning agree to re-structure his contract knowing that they’re going to draft Luck, and that he can make more money in the open market?

He’s always reminded me of Geoff George anyway, a selfish player who creates drama and blames others…

Can’t wait for Luck to come aboard.