As Colts owner Jim Irsay tries to lay the foundation for absorbing minimal blame if/when (when) the team releases quarterback Peyton Manning, Irsay needs to take into account one key issue.
What impact, if any, will the final days of the Manning era in Indy have on the franchise’s presumed quarterback of the future?
Andrew Luck could still try to make a power play, even if Peyton no longer is sitting atop the depth chart. And if Luck doesn’t like the looks or sounds of the things Irsay is doing or saying when it comes to Peyton Manning, Luck could make it known that, like the last great Stanford quarterback, he doesn’t want to play for the Colts.
For more, here’s a little something from Friday’s PFT Live.