Colts Officially Release Peyton Manning (QB Thread #11)

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Healthy or not I don't think there was a chance they were going to bring him back. They made it clear when they hired a new GM and head coach that they were cleaning house and moving on. Plus you don't draft a guy like Luck and sit him for 2-3 years.

Cause and effect: Manning's injury precipitated related events. A healthy Manning and the Colts are probably close to being a playoff team.

Anyway...it is what it is at this point.