Get Well Peyton - Good Luck Indy!

So Peyton is still hurt and surgery will keep him off of the field and out of the line-up for 2 to 3 months. That’s not good for the Colts. Not at all. This is a team that has managed to stay competitive and successful over the years because Peyton Manning made the most out of the situations that he was stuck in.

Last season I remarked on a picks vlog that Brad & I were only a phone call away from playing special teams. That’s not good. Again, not at all.

If Manning misses 3 months of the season we are looking at approximately 12 of 16 games… yikes. My guess is that it`s going to take 10 wins to get into the play-offs in a pretty tough division. And if Peyton comes back and wins 4 games at the end of the season they still have to win 6 of 12 without him. I`m not sure that they can.

Maybe this is a good thing for the Colts. It`s been a long time since a QB other than Peyton was important in Indy.

I'm not ready to write him off completely. He's still crazy skilled and the master of his offence. But he's not getting any younger and at age 35 and he's never been fast so he's only getting slower. I don't see that being good for the Colts in the short term or the long term.

In fact, I think it may even be time for the Colts to think about taking a QB in the draft next year.

Side Note: I feel like I should be slapped just for thinking that.

In the end it doesn't matter what I think. Nobody is busting down the door for my opinion. But we will see what the team is going to look like starting this Sunday when the Colts take the field without Peyton and take on Houston.

I'm not expecting much. I don't recommend that you do either.