Interesting "what If" Scenario

[Scipio]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

[Dwight Freeney 93]

Personally Irsay should keep his mouth shut about Manning right now to keep the press off his back

[oldunclemark]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

Same thing he will do if he isnt 100%

Cut him and resign him to a 1 or 2 year deal...

...all they need to see is improvement...He doenst have to be 100%...

..and you still draft a QB because you havnet seen Manning play in a game..

[chrisfarley]

no way he will be healthy by then. nerve regeneration may never happen. it could, but the chances are pretty low.

[Scipio]

no way he will be healthy by then. nerve regeneration may never happen. it could, but the chances are pretty low.

You are not playing by the rules ;)

I stated in the "what if" scenario that they are back, at 100%. So you have to assume they are to answer the question.

[oldunclemark]

You are not playing by the rules ;)

I stated in the "what if" scenario that they are back, at 100%. So you have to assume they are to answer the question.

:rulez:

rules are rules..

[GoDeep]

You still draft Luck.

You have to keep the next 10 years in mind.

[21isSuperman]

Irsay: Peyton is welcome to come back on a restructured deal. So the ball is in Peyton's court. If he wants to be back in Indy, he will restructure. If he doesn't restructure, he will be released. Either way, the team drafts Luck. It's hard to say whether he will want to be back in Indy though.

[21isSuperman]

You still draft Luck.

You have to keep the next 10 years in mind.

Is your sig Wayne's version of Bradying?

[ruf]

You trade that pick for all you can get rework the deal with PM which he would do to win now and resign some of our FA's like wyane, matis and garcon

use those extra draft picks on getting the D up to par and OL

[ColtJ82]

You take a deep breath, realize his is still 36, and still Draft Andrew Luck

[betheafan41]

Is your sig Wayne's version of Bradying?

what " cool " name can we give wayne in that pose? because wayneing just doesnt sit right when i say it out loud lol.

[eli4625]

Thank you Peyton but we are moving on.

[betheafan41]

You trade that pick for all you can get rework the deal with PM which he would do to win now and resign some of our FA's like wyane, matis and garcon

use those extra draft picks on getting the D up to par and OL

well you can take the trade of the first pick out of the picture right now. Irsay has already said and made it clear they are picking a QB with the first pick.

[ruksak]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

He should make sure we offer Manning a heavily incentive loaded contract that secures him for at least 2 years and draft a competent replacement. Signing Manning means we won't be getting a top 10 pick for at least two years, so take advantage of the opportunity now.

BTW: Manning doesn't need to be 100% to be worth retaining.

[ruksak]

what " cool " name can we give wayne in that pose? because wayneing just doesnt sit right when i say it out loud lol.

Dunno? Regging? Not a whole lotta options there.

[21isSuperman]

what " cool " name can we give wayne in that pose? because wayneing just doesnt sit right when i say it out loud lol.

Waning means leaving...for example a waning crescent when talking about the moon. Wayne seems to be leaving...one could say, Wayne is waning...yes, I realize how bad that was.

Hm...Regging?

[Coltsagent]

If we are playing the 'What If" than pay him the $28M and go hunt. The only way I could see this "What If" would have been what if the injury never happend.

[betheafan41]

Waning means leaving...for example a waning crescent when talking about the moon. Wayne seems to be leaving...one could say, Wayne is waning...yes, I realize how bad that was.

Hm...Regging?

waning dont sound to bad. neither does regging. wonder if we can make that as popular as tebowing lol

[betheafan41]

Dunno? Regging? Not a whole lotta options there.

doesnt sound to bad, can we make it as popular as tebowing? lol

[T3KN3O]

If he was 100%? Wow, tough call. I'd hope that there was a way we could have both Peyton and Luck... I just can't see us passing on someone predicted to be as good as Luck is.

[21isSuperman]

waning dont sound to bad. neither does regging. wonder if we can make that as popular as tebowing lol

Hm...how would it be any different from Bradying? It looks like the same thing

[betheafan41]

Hm...how would it be any different from Bradying? It looks like the same thing

well i guess it really wouldnt be. I know we can copyright it lol.....when was that wayne pose taken?

[ruksak]

Hm...how would it be any different from Bradying? It looks like the same thing

Well then....maybe Brady was just Regging in the SB?

[HungarianColtsFan]

I don't think its a "what if" scenario.

It will very likely happen that Manning would be back as a Colt,.

And Irsay is willing to draft Luck.

[Fireman818]

Trade the #1 pick get multiply picks and lets reload.

[jskinnz]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

You shake his hand, say thanks for what you have done for the team and the community but we are going in a different direction.

[schwamm]

If only ifs and buts were candy and nuts...

[MB-ColtsFan]

If he was 100%? Wow, tough call. I'd hope that there was a way we could have both Peyton and Luck... I just can't see us passing on someone predicted to be as good as Luck is.

I don't understand yiur thought process here?

Does the earth fall into the sun if we keep Peyton and also draft Luck?

Is there a clause in the NFL that states we can't have these two on the same roster??

We can definitely have both of them - if Luck doesn't pull an El-Manning(Elway-Manning).

Let's have our cake and eat it, too!

[WoolMagnet]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

Irsay should buy a lottery ticket.

[Coffeedrinker]

I must say, I am absolutely amazed by how many people would want to get rid of a 100% healthy Manning.

Polian used to state that a GM that listens to the fans will soon be sitting with the fans. I have never seen better proof of that statement than this thread.

[pacolts56]

What if -

Manning amazingly is 100% by March 8th. All the trainers, coaches, doctors and even Irsay watch him work out and it is a unanimous observation he can do everything he did before, but without pain now. The news spreads like wildfire and it is all over the media that Manning is 100% ready to go.

What will Irsay do? What should Irsay do?

What WILL Irsay do?...... he'll probably tweet some Pink Floyd lyrics so we can all burn incense and contemplate the universe.

What SHOULD Irsay do?..... he should pursue an incentive based cap-friendly contract with Peyton and still draft Luck.

[LightninMax]

Given the scenario of the OP:

Irsay has front office and coaches tell him who do we need to put around Peyton to take next years Super Bowl, and how big of a PM contract will the cap allow and accomplish that task.

Based on the facts from the front office either pay the 28 mil or redo(if CBA allowable) or release and sign new 4 yr contract.

[T3KN3O]

I don't understand yiur thought process here?

Does the earth fall into the sun if we keep Peyton and also draft Luck?

Is there a clause in the NFL that states we can't have these two on the same roster??

We can definitely have both of them - if Luck doesn't pull an El-Manning(Elway-Manning).

Let's have our cake and eat it, too!

It's a "what if" scenario... of course I'd like to have the cake and eat it too. If Peyton came back under a different, incentive based contract and made it feasible for the colts to have both himself and Luck, that would be the ideal scenario.

[JoKeR]

I must say, I am absolutely amazed by how many people would want to get rid of a 100% healthy Manning.

Polian used to state that a GM that listens to the fans will soon be sitting with the fans. I have never seen better proof of that statement than this thread.

I don't believe them. The problem with a " what if" thread is that reality affects people's opinions, so its hard to get a accurate answer.