OT: Cue the "Growing Disconnect in Manning Talks" article

[Nikolai]

The Pats should just trade all their draft picks to the Colts for Manning and have him ride the pine behind Brady.


Yeah...

 

[Froob]

As much as it would be funny to see him leave, I think I'd rather keep him there. NFL just wouldn't be as fun without pats-colts rivalry. What if he teams up with V-Jax and Mankins in Miami

 

[Grenouille]

As much as it would be funny to see him leave, I think I'd rather keep him there. NFL just wouldn't be as fun without pats-colts rivalry. What if he teams up with V-Jax and Mankins in Miami

Would he get an ESPN special too?

 

[tuckeverlasting]

Could you imagine Manning and Cowher at Dallas... that would be a pretty handy side.

i'm not 100% positive what this means, but i'm sure where you're from it's pretty good.

 

[FadedIdea]

Manning Will either retire or go where all the wash ups go. He wants to be a jet

 

[Wolfpack]

Why are we talking about this? If the CBA stays the same, he'll be exclusive rights. No one will be able to bid for his services.

Assuming the CBA remains the same, Manning cannot be exclusive right-ed due to his time in the league (he's clear of that by about 10 years). They can only franchise him, which would give the Colts 2 1st rounders if some other team stole him away. Also, the Colts would be able to match any offer, but for now the "poison pill" provision remains legal in the NFL so that could theoretically prevent Indy from doing so.

 

[Wolfpack]

As much as it would be funny to see him leave, I think I'd rather keep him there. NFL just wouldn't be as fun without pats-colts rivalry. What if he teams up with V-Jax and Mankins in Miami

I actually agree with this for the most part. The Pats benefit the most by keeping Manning on a team that, without him, is absolutely atrocious. I honestly would fear what would happen if Manning got himself on a truly talented team.

 

[Miguel]

Why are we talking about this? If the CBA stays the same, he'll be exclusive rights. No one will be able to bid for his services.

Bingo. There is no downside for the Colts to make Manning an exclusive rights franchise player. There is very little to no chance that the tag amount will go up because they use the exclusive rights feature.