Peyton Manning’s future is IQ test for sports writers

There are more superstar quarterbacks that come back from major injuries than there are first round quarterbacks that turn into top 5 quarterbacks.

Andrew Luck is supposedly a great college player.  We’ll see if that means anything when he hits the NFL.

People are saying that the Colts will have to cut Manning because they will owe a $28 million bonus March 8 unless they cut him.

If so, it makes sense for Manning to renegotiate.  Because he probably isn’t going to get that $28 million. 

Manning leaving is a lose-lose situation.  If he leaves, it is for a team that isn’t built around him, and we’ve already seen how the team does with other quarterbacks .

Maybe the reason Aaron Rodgers is so good is that he was the backup to Favre for a while.  It wouldn’t hurt for Luck to have a few years learning at the NFL level without the same pressure. 

Who knows how many of those first round draft pick busts could have been hall of famers if they didn’t have to sink or swim the first year. 

The whole situation might be a big motivator for Eli Manning in the playoffs.  He knows better than anybody remaining that you never know, one bad hit and you’re done.  So you take every shot at the Superbowl and major records like it’s the last one ever.  And if life gives you a chance at another one, you take that one like it’s the last one ever.

About the only quarterback immune from ridiculous retirement chatter after a major injury is Brady.  Everybody else, we hear about who is the next guy.  And that’s how you lose guys like Drew Brees and Kurt Warner. The worst part is the general managers listen to it.