Peyton Manning Honored by Colts: Top Moments from Press Conference

March 18, 2016   ·   Tim Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Friday during a press conference celebrating Peyton Manning's career with the franchise that the team is going to build a statue outside Lucas Oil Stadium to honor his time in Indy.
The Colts passed along an early rendering of the design:
Indianapolis also confirmed the No. 18 jersey is going to be retired:
Irsay discussed the much different vibe during Friday's press conference compared to the one a handful of years ago when the Colts decided to move forward from Manning in favor of Andrew Luck.
"It seems like a short four years ago we were up here on a difficult day," he said, per Zak Keefer of the Indianapolis Star.
The Colts owner was happy both sides emerged from that difficult breakup in a positive place, as noted by Mike Chappell of IndySportsCentral.com: "Happy to report both enjoyed [a] lot of success since 2012 presser. Not always easy to see Peyton without [a] horseshoe on [his] helmet."
Irsay also to...

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