Colts Officially Release Peyton Manning (QB Thread #11)

[Ruhskins]

I don't think a lot of people appreciate how good it is to have options for our QB situation. We have the opportunity to make a run at one of the best QBs of the past 10+ years, while using all of the draft picks and our cap space to build up the team. We also have the opportunity to trade up (since we seem to have the resource to do so) and draft a very good prospect coming out of college, while using our cap money and remaining draft picks to build up the team.

Both of these options can bring big rewards and they have their risks, just like anything else in the NFL. However, I would much rather have these options then being in a situation where we don't have a shot at RG3, we have no cap room, we have no shot at the Manning sweepstakes, and our best options at QB are Flynn, Henne, Orton, or Grossman.