Colts Shut Down Manning, Putting His Return in Doubt

[LiberalFighter]

During the 208 consecutive regular-season games and 19 playoff games Peyton Manning has started since he was a rookie in 1998, no player in the N.F.L. has been more intrinsic to his team’s success than he has. The Indianapolis Colts have gone to the playoffs in all but two of Manning’s 13 seasons, including the last nine in a row, and his brilliance has covered a multitude of holes on their roster. But when the season opens Sunday, and perhaps for weeks beyond, the Indianapolis Colts will probably get the answer to the dreaded question that has surrounded them for years: what would they be without Manning?

On Monday, in an unusually detailed statement, the Colts announced that Manning, who is still recovering from surgery on a bulging disk in his neck in May and has been practicing for only a week, is doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans. More ominous is what else the team said: Manning, who began experiencing unexplained back soreness over the weekend, is being shut down in practice and the rate of improvement in his rehabilitation has slowed. Specialists are being consulted and tests are being completed, suggesting that his absence may extend further into the season.

I'm wondering how many surgeries for the same thing and expect improvement?

“It’s been an incredible feat,” Caldwell said. “He’s been an iron man, there’s no other way to put it. It’s doubtful that he plays this week, but it takes a very unusual individual to have that streak.”

Really? He's been an iron man, there's no other way to put it? I challenge Caldwell on that statement. Has Manning gone through the type of hits that other players have received? In my opinion the reason he has lasted as long as he has without moderate to serious injuries is because of the protection he has from his line and also because of the style of play he utilizes to minimize the time he has the ball in his hands.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Sorry! Forgot to include the source

NY Times

[KamaAina]

2. Same thing they always should have been

a pile of crap.

I fault the Arizona Cardinals, who had the inside track on the No. 1 pick that year, right up until they won their meaningless regular season finale. :grr:

[JonLP24]

3. I was at that game

I had season tickets that year. Hell of a game, Cardinals scored two touchdowns in the 4th to pull it out.

[MrSlayer]

4. Do you think he has never played hurt?

You're going to question Peyton Manning's toughness over the fact that he rarely gets sacked? Over the fact that he is able to process and execute passes as efficiently and accurately as anyone that has ever played the game? If he's been sacked less than other quarterbacks then it's a testament to the intelligence of the Colts' front office and Manning's talent. I hate the Holy Manning Family thing as much as anyone but I don't doubt that they might have to strap him down on Game Day to keep him off the field. You don't get that many starts in a row at QB if you can't play through excruciating pain. Make no mistake, he is as much an "iron man" as anyone else that has the title.

[joeybee12]

5. Ironically, the Giants unceremonially dumped Kerry Collins to make way for Crybaby Eli

and now Collins has to fill in for the older and surprisingly more arrogant brother Peyton. Interesting.

[rocktivity]

6. Unfortunate, of course, but an occupational hazard

This drama has blown way out of proportion for media attention.

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