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    Jacksonville Game?

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    Special teams were okay. Pat and Vinny had good games. Defense played well til they got worn down because our offense couldn't stay on the field. O-line let in 5 sacks. Now, some of that was because Curtis and Dan hold the ball too long, but still. Offense couldn't get a darn thin done. Tammie, Wayne and Collie had some nice catches. Donald Brown ran the ball well in the first half but couldn't get anything done once Jacksonville got their run-D figured out.

    Kravitz Article On Chris Polian

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    This article is going to sting and deservingly so. In the season ticket holders survey, I was not kind at all on Polians handling of this team. He is arrogant, turns off the fanbase with his attitude handling fans who dare say a negative thng about how badly the team is/has played over the years (and I mean individual games over the years), his lack of media outlet for the fans of the team other than what he wants out and the poor shape of this team now under his control. I do not think Irsay is hiding under a rock and brainwashed by the fact the team is doing poorly and a lot of desicions short of picking Manning has been dismal over the past several years but if you expect him to say Polian/s are under the gun to the media, you are smoking crack. Good stewards of the game will not publicy say win or your fired, that crap was left for Al Davis and the Jerry Jones types. Irsay is being level headed and taking it all in while I am sure he has to be weighing his options and the direction of his team under the watch of Bill Polian and now under Chris. Maybe Chris has screwed up on many descisions over the past few years and handled things wrong but based on this past draft, has he learned from it all and changed his style to handle the game? I think a few things could happen here. I think most of it depends on Manning of course but if the Colts lose Manning to retirement, I would not be shocked at all to see Irsay start over fresh from the top down. It is clear that this coaching is a poor product from offense, defense and the special teams so it would not be a stretch to say, given a change at the QB spot, to see a whole flush of the teams structure and start over with a fresh perspective, starting at the top.

    Bigger question of course, who would be potential GM candidates that could produce a winning legacy as Polian did with Manning as his QB? Can the next guy do it with a Andrew Luck as his first pick and having a possible Solid LT and an emerging star at the WR spot in Garcon? Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Do we already have our Edge on the team in Carter??

    of course he's arrogant and belittling to the fans, but we put up with it when we're winning! When we're winning he's one of the best ever! When we're losing he's a jerk that can't do anything right. I'm not defending the guy. I hate him for what he did with the perfect season fiasco. But fans will turn on a guy quick!

    The New Defensive Scheme

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    The key to pitts win over new england was not the blitz,it was the coverage.Ike taylor completely shut down welker.

    Agreed. The key to ANY defensive scheme is having the personnel! We simply don't have enough talent right now on defense, no matter what the scheme is. We gotta get a shutdown corner, another great linebacker, and 1-2 good safeties in FA and Draft this offseason.

    So If We Opt Out Of Manning's Contract, What Happens Then?

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    I love the fact that Manning has been extremely classy with this whole ordeal. What other NFL player who can write his own ticket gives hit team out an an forfeit the rest of a 90 million dollar contract on principles? What I do hope for is that there is a clear decision either way because I would hate to see this team and Manning be caught in a quandry and be on the wrong side of the choice. If Manning has to be cut because the neck isn't right at that time and then becomes better in the later part of the year, and the Colts have selected Luck, would Manning come back under the same structured contract or would the Colts even be able to pull that off? On the other side, lets say the Colts decide to be blindly faithfull to Manning and stay on the contract even though Manning hasn't progressed and he does not work out, that has major effects on the Colts cap and the teams ability to move on post Manning era. The team has to be on the right side of whatever decision is made for the team to be viable in the quickest amount of time, otherwise the team will suffer a fanbase loss if they are brought back to pre-Manning years. Sooooo much rides on getting this right with Manning and Manning alone. I hope Manning is able to come back and perform at his pre surgical level over all though and the decision is made before the season is up because he will get to practice and ease our minds.

    That's exactly what I'm afraid of: That Manning will need more time than we can give him but be ready eventually and have to go find another team.

    So If We Opt Out Of Manning's Contract, What Happens Then?

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    So let's say that Manning is recovering but still not cleared to practice in Feb. Or not fully able to give the team an idea of whether the nerve is going to regenerate enough to play. At that point, he's basically told us to cut him, according to the quotes I've seen around here.

    Option 1: We renegotiate a new much more cap friendly contract with him in free agency.

    Option 2: Will the Jets or one of those perennially "on the verge" teams with unreliable QB's give him a try? I think Rex Ryan would give his left leg for even a chance at an eventually healthy Manning. So would Baltimore.

    Option 3: Manning retires?

    I have a hard time seeing the possibility of option 3. Seems to me like Manning will exhaust every option open to him before he retires. That's just my opinion, knowing how much he LOVES this game. What do you all think? Are there other possibilities I haven't thought of?

    Can we just resign him in free agency if we opt out of his contract? I don't know the free agency rules.

    Poll -- What Do You Do With The Option In Late Feb?

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    I can't tell if you're being sarcastic :unsure:

    But I do believe with as deep of a QB draft as this one is going to be, you don't HAVE to take Luck. Kellen Moore has had just as good a college career as Luck with comparable schedules (Boise St. might actually win out as they play a really tough out of conference schedule.)

    Agreed. Do whatever gives us a decent later QB pick, and leverages as many good picks on the D as we can possibly get. Where would we be this year (even with Painter) if we actually had a good defense? If Manning;s not a clear decision, opt out and resign him later when they have a good idea of whether he's capable of coming back. Isn't that what he himself suggested? Use the money we'd save in the salary cap to get a GREAT shutdown corner and linebacker on FA. Hire new DC. Okay, just got carried away dreaming..... :)

    An Article On Peyton Manning & His Injury -- Says He Will Never Play Again

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    Peyton is done. His neck is healing slow and he really needs to start preparing for his great coaching future. Its sad that some on here want to hold on to him for so long and for Peyton not to do what is best for his life. Ands its even sadder that we would want to force him to play on our team that needs to rebuild and deny him a chance of ever getting close to a superbowl in his last 2 years of attempting to play.

    Huh? And which of your trainers is your "inside man"? How is it "sad" that we want to see if the GOAT can recover before we write him off? We're all speculating right now. We don't know if he can come back or not. But how do you know "what's best for his life?" I don't recall us forcing him play for us.

    I'm Beginning To Like Painter As Manning's Permanent Backup

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    I did watch the game yes, and it's the same problem every week.

    Against Tampa everyone went mental about how well Painter played, actually if you think back, the long plays were down to the skill of Garcon, not Painter!

    Teams have now worked out that he's only ever going to throw these short passes and he's unable to complete anything long with any accuracy, meaning that we offer very little on offence.

    He dumps off short passes because that's all our O-line gives him time to do. By the time our receivers get all the way downfield he's already been sacked

    So What Are The Chances...

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    Ya see, thats whats funny here. He's saying that they should let the Dolphins win so that they have a better chance to draft Luck, even though that would give them a worse chance to draft Luck. As well, the Phins are in the same division as the Jets and the Pats, so why would they throw a game to ensure that their division rivals get the best QB to come along in years, even though that would actually ..........man this thread is friggin stupid.

    I quote "HAND THE GAME TO MIAMI" so that we don't get Luck. Read the original post. If Miami wins, it puts them out of the Luck camp. How is that stupid? But I do see why they wouldn't want to play him twice a year. I still think they'd rather an perpetually inept team get him than the cults. I was just a funny thought that came to me, "I wonder if Belichek is on the sidelines of that game thinking about it"

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