ChyrenB Wrote:
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> You guys are so naive. A quarterback needs help.


Agreed. That's why I think signing Manning if he's healthy, even 85% of what he was, makes sense. We wouldn't be mortgaging the future and throwing away draft picks by signing Manning as a free agent. I don't think we can afford to deny that a healthy Manning makes us better at the QB position and then we could still be in a position to draft young talent to fill the other holes you talked about.

To everyone -

If Peyton doesn't think he could be competitive by the opening snap on the 1st game day of 2012, he'd be the first to admit it and retire sooner than later.

So if this team is able to have a legit shot at making the playoffs and to possibly dethrone the Pats in this division for the next few years, why not?

2012 isn't going to be the last draft that the NFL ever has. It's not as if this team couldn't search for a young, smart, & talented QB in the meantime if Manning comes here. As long as Ross doesn't become a Twitter post whore like Isray, we'll be fine.

Damn, people...how could one not want to have a football god like Peyton Manning leading this offense for a few years? It would be like having Dan Marino back for Christ's sake.

808phan Wrote:
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> Damn, people...how could one not want to have a
> football god like Peyton Manning leading this
> offense for a few years? It would be like having
> Dan Marino back for Christ's sake.


Good question. Are you referring to Dan Marino at the end of his career, when his own throwing motion was impeded by, if I remember correctly a nerve-in-the-neck injury?

Hey at least Peyton has good knees!

JC Wrote:
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> Are you referring to Dan Marino at
> the end of his career, when his own throwing
> motion was impeded by, if I remember correctly a
> nerve-in-the-neck injury?

I definitely wasn't referring to a young Marino lol

dolphan4545 Wrote:
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> Again, the neck isn't the issue. The nerve
> regeneration is the issue. I'm ambivalent about
> his return, but in the back of my mind I can still
> see Namath in a Rams uniform and Unitas in a San
> Diego uniform.


The BIGGEST shudder of them all was when at the end of his career, Babe Ruth was traded to the Boston Braves. Probably was the single biggest factor that led to the success of Curt Flood challenging the "slavery" of non-free agency and led to today's sports' system of only being able to control the contracts of professional athletes for a limited amount of time. (Although Babe was traded in 1946 and Curt's suit did not occur until the 1960's).