Where Will Peyton Manning End Up?
January 4, 2012
There has been a lot of talk about where will Peyton Manning end up. I need to answer two questions.
1) Will he remain in Indy?
2) Even if I think he will remain in Indy, where is he most likely to land.
1) I think Bill Polian would have gotten rid of Peyton, Bill has always said “when you listen to the fans, you sit with the fans”, so I think for the future of the team he would have gotten rid of Peyton. I do not know what the current owner is thinking nor the future GM…if I had to guess I’d say no, he will not be back, especially give the recent success of rookie quarterbacks, not much need to sit rookie QBs.
2). Where it makes the most sense and plausible – San Fransisco, has a strong defense (something he has never had in Indy), a good head coach and some great offensive weapons
Where I think he is most likely to land – of the teams that need a QB, I think Washington would be best. Sure they arent loaded, but they have a solid Offensive coach who will give him a strong run attack. Peyton has never needed a strong running attack and can turn any WR into a pro-bowler. People talk about how he has had all these weapons in Indy, I think a lot of it is what Peyton did to them. Had Dieon Branch stayed with Brady for a decade, people would talk about him like they do Reggie Wayne. Not to mention the Cowboys and Giants have secondaries of swiss cheese.
Where it makes the most sense, but unlikely – The Jets…A strong defensive minded team, and solid weapons on the offensive side. Not sure what the contract situation is with Sanchez is though, so that could make it tough as he has one of those bogus rookie contracts from before the new collective bargaining agreement.
