spacecrime said:
Okay, I've been listening to Colts fans and Colts supporters tell me for years that Peyton Manning's contract will not interfere with them signing players.
Did I really say that Manning's contract will not interfere with the Colts signing free agents?? I do not think so.
Right back atcha, buddy: Did I really say that Manning's contract wouild interfere with the Colts signing free agents?? I do not think so. If you read carefully, I said signing players. The point was that manning's contract is preventing them from signing their own players, let alone free agents.
You and Yankeee/Colt are just wrong when you say they don't sign FAs. The Colts sign a lot of free agents. They took a few from the Pats: Reid, Vinatieri, Klecko. They just don't sign big Free Agents. And the reason is that they have no money because ...
Hey, they won a Superbowl and good for them.
Maybe their philosophy was to constantly hover on the brink of cap hell, forced to scramble every year, figuring that this was the best way to win a superbowl. But I doubt it. I think they won because of Manning finally coming through and not choking in the playoffs, and more importantly the Colts defense showing up in the three games it meant the most.
The Colts win last year is sort of like the patriots win in 2001. Everything came together at the right time. Maybe they were lucky, maybe we were lucky in 2001, but luck is where opportunity meets preparation (or something like that). They are the world Champions, and they deserve to be.
The future?
We did not mortgage our future to win in 2001, but I think the Colts pulled off a Ravens-type superbowl, and the collapse has already started. If you are correct, the Colts should win a couple more. If I am right, this is the only superbowl that the colts will see in the manning era.
Time will tell.