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I agree that Culpepper and Moss never made sense. I think Manning and Wayne doesn't make sense either for different reasons.
First, as others stated, Manning may not sign with a team for several months while teams wait to see if he is going to be able to return. Wayne is only going to maximize his deal if he gets signed late March or early April at the latest.
Second, packaging himself with Manning limits his opportunities since some of his most likely suitors aren't looking for Manning.
It is very possible that Wayne and Manning end up on the same team, but I expect Wayne to be signed long before Manning is signed and they won't be a package deal.
First, as others stated, Manning may not sign with a team for several months while teams wait to see if he is going to be able to return. Wayne is only going to maximize his deal if he gets signed late March or early April at the latest.
The odds of Tom Condon allowing Peyton Manning to sit on the sidelines unsigned for months as every spare cap dollar gets spent and QB needy teams sign lessor guys and draft players is less than 0.00% unless he has decided he is going to retire. The Peyton sweepstakes will start the day Irsay announces they have released him. If he is healthy enough to throw for teams - great. If he isn't the message to teams is he is progressing on schedule, will be ready in time for 2012, and if you want him you better pay up now. Manning and Condon already proved in 2011 they have no problem stealing $ from a team when they had no idea if he could play.
Oh, I think Manning will be signed before the draft. Or else he will take a sabatical to the broadcast booth if not retire. Manning is going to sign with a team that is willing to take the risk in hopes it reaps the reward, and Manning is going to want to be into the playbook ASAP. Getting the message out that he'd prefer to go with Manning will just force other teams who need or want Wayne to up the ante and possibly force the team who signs Manning to counter.
If the reports of his limitations are true, what is Condon going to get for him now? A veteran minimum contract with incentives? There could be a team stupid enough to gamble in the next few weeks that he is going to be healthy enough this upcoming season that he will throw like the old Peyton Manning (or close to it) and not pass like Peyton Hillis.
Odds are that Manning could potentially get more money after the draft than right now. He is probably not going to get a huge contract now because no one knows for sure if he will play again, nevermind be close to what he was. He will likely break traditional reasoning and get more money closer to training camp when he can prove that he is still a viable franchise QB.
Condon got him what might have been the best contract in league history last summer when he couldn't even lift his arm.
And you are telling me that owners like Jeffrey Ross are unaware that the Colts paid Manning over $30 million to never play for them again? You are saying that billionaire businessmen are just going to say the Colts were just stupid, but paying Manning is a safe bet this time?
Bill and Chris Polian were just idiots and were stupid enough to believe Manning would be back. They lost their jobs because of it. But that was three surgeries ago and by all accounts, Manning can't throw to with any velocity and to his left. Odds are teams aren't going to make that same mistake twice especially with a lot more information than last time.
I think that Manning is an all time great player. I think he is much further along health wise than he was a year ago even if he still can't play today. All it takes is 1 team to roll the dice and he gets a big $ deal. All it takes is 2 and now you have a bidding war. And I know for a fact that most of the decision makers (coaches or GMs) out there rumored to be lining up for the Manning sweepstakes are going to fired if they don't win in 2012 which they are unlikely to do without a huge QB upgrade. What is it they have to lose? There is no way Condon sits back and watches potential bidders draft RGIII and sign Flynn before he auctions Manning off.
I think that it is more likely that wayne simply does not want to play for a rookie/bottom 20 QB
I think both wayne and garcon would be open to landing where manning goes, but I think they are just both affording to be choosy
I am sure No Patriot Fan would like to see Manning throwing to Brandon Marshall in Miami.:scared:
I actually want him in the conference. We would get to play against a 36 y/o after a serious injury playing in a brand new scheme with brand new players. Sounds like Favre to the Jets all over again.
If Miami could open enough cap space to make this happen, the AFCE could be very interesting in 2012.