Peyton Manning!

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[WRREBEL]

Talk about a player who would never come here.

Peyton will either be with the colts or be cut before next fiscal year.

If he is cut he will want to go to a team on the cusp and or warm climate.

I can see him going to the dolpins

[jnuh]

saying no to Peyton is absolutely ridiculous. (providing he is healthy)

For what reason?? because he is old?? I take Peyton any day over the crap we have or can obtain.

Peyton will give us some instant offense and make bums like MoMass, and Cribbs look like pro bowlers.

We can only wish this atctually happened. No way would Peyton want to come here though.

[htownbrown]

@typicalbrowns said:

I know this post will get some eyes rolling on here, but if manning doesnt go back to Indy (Schefter reports it's doubtful) should the browns look to acquire manning? Therefore having more picks for the draft instead of using a pick for a qb? Keep McCoy as a backup and give manning Blackmon or Jeffries? Would Peyton manning do anything for this struggling franchise that hasn't had a qb Like manning in a very long time???

Havent you heard Colt is going to become the next Peyton when we draft a wr.

[Gafreleets]

has anyone even brought this up? it's looking more and more like the colts will be taking luck and WON'T be abe to retain Manning without basically leaving only enough money in the capp to fill the rest of the roster out with UDFA's.

would it be worth a pick or two for a stellar QB for the next 5yrs (should he return to health)?

[hoorta]

@gafreleets said:

has anyone even brought this up? it's looking more and more like the colts will be taking luck and WON'T be abe to retain Manning without basically leaving only enough money in the capp to fill the rest of the roster out with UDFA's.

would it be worth a pick or two for a stellar QB for the next 5yrs (should he return to health)?

Nope not worth bringing in Manning- Shurmur would want him to run OUR offense, and a team that thinks they're a star qb away from the SB would outbid us for him anyway. Remember KC and Montana? The Colts are going to want a first round pick for Peyton, and we're not buying- because we're building for long term success not a year or two of decent 9-7 or 10-6 (not SB seasons) and back in the dumpster.

[choco]

tempting, but no. great....old player. it just doesn't fit here.

[Pumpkin Eater]

good point. Manning calls his own plays. Shurmur would want him to run the WCO.

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@gafreleets said:

has anyone even brought this up? it's looking more and more like the colts will be taking luck and WON'T be abe to retain Manning without basically leaving only enough money in the capp to fill the rest of the roster out with UDFA's.

would it be worth a pick or two for a stellar QB for the next 5yrs (should he return to health)?

I don't think he's worth the health risk. Yes, if Peyton plays to his level, we can spend picks elsewhere, get FA's to actually WANT to come to Cleveland, and Colt could learn behind him for 2 maybe 3 (I think 5 is a stretch). And Shurmer wouldn't call plays! However, the dude's had 3 neck surgeries. He's going to be playing against headhunter Harrison twice a year. There is no way he'd last an entire season here, even if we got a new RT in the draft. If he hurts his neck again, which seems extremely likely, he's done, and where does that leave us?

[Jibz]

With our offense he would be crippled after on game. Too old and our offense is to weak!If we had a strong offense I would love to have PM!

[Bob806]

Indy might ship him out if he doesn't restructure his contract. Sounds like a Dan Snyder situation, who knows.

[Kosar_For_President]

Shefter brought it up on Mike and Mike this morning. He said "even the Browns are in the hunt for Manning".

[Gafreleets]

wow, i'm shocked.

you guys seem to be giving up hope for next season already?

i mean the difference between a playoff caliber team and an 2-14 team IS peyton........so what could he turn the 4-12 browns into?

[choco]

short term bandaid. he's 36. coming off major neck surgery. to execute that transaction would require him to be 100% very soon, which isn't likely to happen. so its entirely possible that we could get him and he'd never be the same. then we're worse off than now.

build young for the long term. its the only way to get you stools to STFU

[bringbackbrownie2]

@gafreleets said:

wow, i'm shocked.

you guys seem to be giving up hope for next season already?

i mean the difference between a playoff caliber team and an 2-14 team IS peyton........so what could he turn the 4-12 browns into?

The difference between a playoff caliber team and a 2-14 team is a HEALTHY Peyton Manning..

[Cobra Kai]

1.) Sign Peyton Manning, and let him right this awful ship.

2.) Draft RGIII, and let him learn how to run an NFL offense.

3.) Peyton Manning retires in 3 or 4 years, after bringing Cleveland its first Super Bowl championship.

4.) RGIII steps in and absolutely lights up the league.

Hey... a boy can dream, can't he?

[CantonLegend]

@bringbackbrownie2 said:

The difference between a playoff caliber team and a 2-14 team is a HEALTHY Peyton Manning..

Nobody is that dumb to believe Peyton manning is the only thing keeping the colts out of the playoffs this year

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

Peyton goes to Washington. We lose the option to trade back, which forces us to take RG3 at 4.

Shurmur falls asleep, misses rest of draft. Holmgren too busy carving Shurmur statue out of butter to realize the mistake. Heckert drafts golden talent without interference.

Heckert fired.

Heckert hired by Ravens when Ozzie Newsome gets rare form of West African butthole pneumonia which leads to his untimely death.

City mourns.

Heckert drafts four franchise QBs. Trades three of them to Pitt, Cincinnati, and expansion team Albuquerque Lionhawksnakes.

Mike Holmgren finds levitating bejeweled skull behind Krispy Kreme case in gas station. Replaces his skull with that one. Cleveland falls into Lake Erie.

[jnuh]

I am starting to think that the guys who wouldn't be happy with Manning here just will never be happy.

He is the one reason the Colts missed the playoffs this year. It is the only explanation. The only difference from the Colts run of dominance over the past 10-12 years to this season was Manning. It is pretty much that simple. If you guys open your eyes and admit you aren't as smart as you think you are maybe you would see that. It seems like some of you would rather have some dumb average looking college girl with no experiance in the bed room then the smoking hot older woman who would rock your world.

People would rather trade all of our picks this yr and next to draft Luck who best case scenario has the potential to be Manning and that is a long shot ... or we can use all our picks to plug holes and actually get Manning. Granted we would only have him for 2-3 years but I will jump at it 100 out of a 100 times.

And it is also 2-3 years Colt learn to be a pro behind the ultimate pro and a guy who unlike Favre will teach him the tricks of the trade. And Manning changes the culture of the team and will attract players that will want to play with him.

There is not a bad thing that could be said about bringing in a healthy PM unless you don't want to win.