Saturday Says Peyton Will Play: Don’t Let It Cloud Your Judgement Jim

February 26, 2012   ·   Drew LaMar   ·   Jump to comments

Jeff Saturday says Peyton Manning will "Absolutely" play football next season.
It's the first sure-thing we've heard during this whole ordeal, unless Rob Lowe's tweet ends up being correct. But it's a scary thought for an Indianapolis Colts team in desperate need of a major makeover.
Jim Irsay must decide soon whether or not he wants to pay Manning the $28 million bonus he is due and a strong bode of confidence from a trusted Colt like this only hurts the public relations nightmare that is upon the Colts' owner.
Irsay could cut Manning and play the unsure card. He could cite the fact that a player whose future is so uncertain can't be worth all that money. 
His other option is to get Manning to restructure, hoping he does want to stay a Colt and will settle for less money in an incentive-based contract.
But Saturday's comments make the public see both of those options as being unfair to the man who has been the face and savior of the Colts' franchise for t...

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