Indystar - Peyton Manning: Irsay, not Grigson, will decide his future with Colts (Merged with other Manning News)

[SkinsFTW]

Manning jerseys are 50% off...if that doesn't tell you anything, I don't know what will.

LOL, we've seen this a thousand time with Redskins right before they got dumped or not resigned. It's official

[GibbsFactor]

Who in the hell is incarcirated bob?

He's a guy that lives up in NY that regularly tweets scopes weeks before the news is made public. People say he makes stuff up but that's just not true. He reports rumors that sometimes changes but for the most part he's usually on the money. Again, occassionally he's wrong but he's right more than he's wrong. Looks like he's right here. People need to stop hating on him and understand that he's just tweeting the rumors circulating within circles. He's spot on with NHL and he was right a lot during FA this August in the NFL. He's had less luck with MLB.

[praise_gibbs]

He's a guy that lives up in NY that regularly tweets scopes weeks before the news is made public. People say he makes stuff up but that's just not true. He reports rumors that sometimes changes but for the most part he's usually on the money. Again, occassionally he's wrong but he's right more than he's wrong. Looks like he's right here. People need to stop hating on him and understand that he's just tweeting the rumors circulating within circles. He's spot on with NHL and he was right a lot during FA this August in the NFL. He's had less luck with MLB.

He was also the 1st person to tweet about Manning and his surgery.

[pjfootballer]

Nike is taking over the jerseys this year. I'd image most team websites will have jerseys 50% off or buy 1 get 1 free like the Skins did when I went to the Minnesota game. They need to get the Reebok (?) jerseys out.

---------- Post added January-30th-2012 at 11:07 AM ----------

The Colts need to go ahead and hand Manning a headset and clipboard and the title of Offensive Coordinator.

Bruce Arians would disagree.

[Boss_Hogg]

Manning jerseys are 50% off...if that doesn't tell you anything, I don't know what will.

with the exception of the Giants and Patriots players, every NFL Reebok jersey is 50% off.

[Dan T.]

The latest interesting news that people seem to skip over is Colts owner JIm Irsay telling Hannah Storm that they might draft Robert Griffin III instead of Andrew Luck with the top pick. That might just be gamesmanship so they don't have to pay Luck a gazillion dollars, or maybe they really are weighing both options.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...vi-nfl-draft/1

[Hitman21ST]

The latest interesting news that people seem to skip over is Colts owner JIm Irsay telling Hannah Storm that they might draft Robert Griffin III instead of Andrew Luck with the top pick. That might just be gamesmanship so they don't have to pay Luck a gazillion dollars, or maybe they really are weighing both options.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...vi-nfl-draft/1

I wouldn't be surprised at all, and maybe it's just me, but I think Luck would have a better career here than RG3 would. I don't really have any reasoning for thinking that, just a gut feeling.

[The X-Factor]

The latest interesting news that people seem to skip over is Colts owner JIm Irsay telling Hannah Storm that they might draft Robert Griffin III instead of Andrew Luck with the top pick. That might just be gamesmanship so they don't have to pay Luck a gazillion dollars, or maybe they really are weighing both options.

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...vi-nfl-draft/1

Rookie wages are predetermined now AFAIK. Luck cannot negotiate the dollar amount of his contract.

[GibbsFactor]

Perhaps that's to make Luck think twice about pulling an Eli if the first pick is important to him.

I know RGIII has a lot of love on this board but it's really just because we all thought Luck was a pipe dream and wrote him off. Let's be honest. Luck is the sweepstakes this year.

[SkinsFTW]

Maybe he's saying that to drive up the value of his own pick so teams starts making offers.

[sjinhan]

haha I am here as one of the few that is really hoping that Manning gets release, gets cleared to play, and he signs here with the Redskins...

It always easier to build a team and "find" talent in the draft when you are set at QB. As much as Luck and RG3 have in potential... I would take healthy Manning over those two every single time even if Manning has only 3-4 years left.

[Redskinzfan30]

Manning jerseys are 50% off...if that doesn't tell you anything, I don't know what will.

http://www.redskinsteamstore.com/car...oduct_list&c=7

A bunch of Redskins jerseys are marked down including players like Orakpo, Landry, Trent Williams, and Moss. Pretty sure teams are just trying to clear out Reebok stock and make way for Nike.

[Stophovr6]

I hope he is Healthy and goes to the Browns. I think McCoy could stand to learn from him and then we would be free to draft RG3.

[Rdskns2000]

I predict Manning will not play in 2012 but will be finally healed in 2013 to attempt a comeback.

[BlueWreckingCrew]

And you know this how? Are you his agent? Or maybe just worried that we'd not only spank the Giants 2x next year but would easily win most of the games we were within a Td from winning this year? Hell, we'd probably go 12-4 or better with Manning replacing Rex/Beck.

I know this because Peyton is a classy guy. Him, nor his brother Eli, nor anyone in the Manning family would wish to create a media circus 2x's a year. It was bad enough having a "Manning Bowl" every 4 years. I know you're just thrilled about sweeping the Giants for the first time since 1999, but I'm pretty certain when I say that Giants fans aren't thinking of our losses to the Redskins this past season, nor thinking about future matchups. Our concern right now is winning a world championship.

---------- Post added January-30th-2012 at 09:09 PM ----------

Rookie wages are predetermined now AFAIK. Luck cannot negotiate the dollar amount of his contract.

Correct, all 1st round picks will be signed to 4 year deals, with a 5th year team option that equates to the average of the 10 highest paid players at that position.

Cam Newton's contract was worth 22 million over 4 years...it is fully guaranteed though. But that's still a lot better then the 78 million with 50 guaranteed that Bradford got a year prior.