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Would you want Manning on the Titans?

The Indianapolis Star's Bob Kravitz ran an interesting column today asking if Peyton Manning should even want to return to the Colts. While it goes into quite a bit of speculation about Manning's mindset, and I don't want to delve into that because none of us know what Manning's thinking, it does bring up a Titans-related point at the end:

Just as the Colts have to make some serious calculations, so does Manning.

Maybe, just maybe, he will decide he would rather go to Washington, where team owner Dan Snyder will back up a Wells Fargo truck to his house, or to Tennessee, or maybe to New York to play for the Jets.

Maybe Manning will take this decision completely out of the Colts' hands, telling them, "Don't give me the $28 million. Let me go somewhere else. Or maybe I'll just stay home with my twins."

It's not beyond the realm of comprehension.

I’m not sure why the Titans were on Kravitz’s shortlist, but it raises an interesting question: would you want Manning on the Titans if he wanted to play in Tennessee?

Assume his neck checks out perfectly and he appears to have two or three years left of elite play in the tank. Matt Hasselbeck has two years left on his contract, but if a perfectly healthy Peyton Manning became available any team would be fine with either trading or releasing Hasselbeck. In such a situation, the Titans would get an elite quarterback with enough talent around him to lead the team to a Super Bowl. It would obviously be great for Locker, who would get to develop behind one of the greatest players of all time.

Personally, I’m still not sure how I’d feel about it. To give a frame of reference, I’m 18 years old now and my first football-related memory is my family’s reaction to Kevin Dyson coming one yard short in the Super Bowl. In other words, I’ve been rooting against Peyton Manning for two-thirds of my life, so I kind of feel like the team’s greatest nemesis of the last decade to help the team get its first Super Bowl win would cheapen its value.

However, he’s a local hero to some in the area because of his college years at Tennessee. I wasn’t a college football fan until maybe three or four years ago, so I never knew anything about Manning in college. For those of you who are UT fans, would Manning coming to play for the Titans be a welcome return, or would his years with the Colts still turn you against him?

Although anything can happen down the road, my gut instinct is that Manning doesn’t play for Tennessee. Three neck surgeries and a knee surgery in three years is the type of medical history that suggests a player very rapidly approaching the end of his career. But if he is healthy…

Would you want him to play for the Titans?

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If Peyton Manning is healthy, would you want the Titans to sign him?
Yes
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I can't take this question seriously.

I tried my best.

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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Dec 6, 2011 12:10 PM CST reply actions  

^This

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 6, 2011 1:45 PM CST up reply actions  

Id rather get Saturday

In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater than the Gods.

by The Titans are greater than the Gods on Dec 8, 2011 12:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Like I said, it's not likely to happen

But if it could, how would you feel about it? That’s the question this post asks.

by Hank Koebler, IV on Dec 6, 2011 12:13 PM CST reply actions  

Nope

I’m not from Tennessee and like you, my first football memory was Dyson. I have no ties to UT so I don’t like Manning at all. I respect the hell out of him but with Locker waiting in the ranks, no way I’d take Manning over him at this point.

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by sami426 on Dec 6, 2011 12:36 PM CST reply actions  

LOL! Rec'd

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by J3G77 on Dec 6, 2011 12:45 PM CST up reply actions  

I thought I was on the extreme anti-Manning side of Titans fans

But it looks like the general consensus dislikes Manning as much as or even more than I do. I love it.

by Hank Koebler, IV on Dec 6, 2011 12:47 PM CST reply actions  

I would like nothing more then never seeing him play football again (both for health reasons and because I hate him)

I respect the crap out of him, he is one of the greatest players at the QB position I have ever witness (but the Co-MVP stuff was bullshit, McNair deserved it)
But IMO he has ruined the pass rush in the NFL. When players are getting flags for grazing his un-dirtied uniform, then he jumps up throwing his arms around doing the Pey Pey squint…

I hate him. I hate him with the fire of 10,000 suns.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 1:03 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

I'd argue Brady was more influential

Because of his injury, the NFL lost the drama of the Pats trying to avenge their 18-1 season. I think the NFL then realized exactly how valuable marquee quarterbacks are, and started protecting Manning and Brady more vigorously.

by Hank Koebler, IV on Dec 6, 2011 1:36 PM CST up reply actions  

I'd argue they are both at fault

but yes, Brady’s injury was a huge factor.
Especially when the same thing almost happened to Matt Cassel, then again on Tom Brady… from the same dude on the Chiefs.
Still though, that doesn’t absolve Pey Pey from being Capt. Flop, at least Brady still takes those hits.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 1:48 PM CST up reply actions  

Jerome Simpson will out-flop Manning for the title of Captain Flop.

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by ronburgundy7427 on Dec 6, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions  

He took the floppers to school on that one.

Soccer/NBA players are learning lessons from him.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 2:17 PM CST up reply actions  

SUPERMAN STRENGTH!

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 2:19 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

WHY IS THIS STILL SO DAMN FUNNY!!!!???

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by Grimerz757 on Dec 6, 2011 6:39 PM CST up reply actions  

Look at the dude! He acts like he was just punched by the Juggernaut!!

hahaha

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 7:39 PM CST up reply actions  

Look at Dalton respond to the flop

he just looks down like “What the hell was that, Jerome?”

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by Sad Titans Fan on Dec 8, 2011 7:00 AM CST up reply actions  

^^^I hate to agree with this^^^^

but you are right.

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by bullrider73 on Dec 6, 2011 4:31 PM CST up reply actions  

I hate you for saying this.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 6:06 PM CST up reply actions  

Personally I interpreted "Tennessee" as UT.

But that’s just me, feeding into those crazy rumors of him becoming the head coach there.

Dude is crazy if he’s talking about the Titans. Wouldn’t expect anything less from Indy sports writers considering a certain Colts blog…

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by ronburgundy7427 on Dec 6, 2011 2:00 PM CST reply actions  

I respect Manning

With that said, hell no. Let the NFC take him, maybe the Eagles will take him and they can do the dream team again 2012

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by Dagger22 on Dec 6, 2011 2:15 PM CST via mobile reply actions  

What is wrong with you people?

This man is not Brett Favre. He is the single greatest football player of all time. He is the classiest professional athlete in pro sports, and he is a legend in the state of Tennessee. Let him come back, win us 12 games for 2 years, well make 2 playoff runs, and then Jake can have a nice 12 year career. I am sorry that his squint, and his lobbying the refs does not bother me. I would rather have him here, and send Hasselbeck to the Jets than the other way around. He would certainly stay in the AFC. Denver, New York, Tennessee, Miami, Cleveland would all be fair options. Phili and Washington are the only NFC spots that really make sense.

by titanfannyc on Dec 6, 2011 2:55 PM CST reply actions  

He's also 35 and coming off of a major surgery.

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by ronburgundy7427 on Dec 6, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions  

He is the classiest professional athlete in pro sports

Like letting a franchise resign you for 50 zillion dollars then letting them know you are having career/life threatening surgery?

Besides, we are not bringing anyone else in to keep Locker on the bench longer. Things are progressing nicely around here. (for once)

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 3:12 PM CST up reply actions  

We...we have a plan for the future?

What is this?!

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by ronburgundy7427 on Dec 6, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions  

It's a patented Jeff Fisher trick!

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 3:33 PM CST up reply actions  

He got paid for this year still

and the initial signing bonus.
Plus, I am sure he’s not using his own private insurance to pay for all of these medical procedures

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 6:08 PM CST up reply actions  

HOW DARE HE GET HEALTH CARE FROM HIS EMPLOYER FOR A MEDICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY HIS JOB!!!!!!!!

HOW DARE HE!!!

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by hal41605 on Dec 6, 2011 9:06 PM CST up reply actions  

Which goes back to my original point:
Like letting a franchise resign you for 50 zillion dollars then letting them know you are having career/life threatening surgery?

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by StPrattrick on Dec 6, 2011 10:36 PM CST up reply actions  

Well, Manning is an intelligent guy.

He can manipulate NFL offenses and defenses, why not manipulate an NFL team for cash?

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 6, 2011 11:20 PM CST up reply actions  

cuz im sure he knew at the time that this would all go down this way

he even took less money than they were trying to give him, and set it up so that in the worst case scenario it would only be a one year deal. on top of that, he’s made the Colts god knows how much more money than he has been paid over the last decade anyways.

you’re grasping at straws my man.

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by hal41605 on Dec 7, 2011 12:56 AM CST up reply actions  

How am I grasping straws? You just reconfirmed what I said.

He knew this could potential and still took a shit load of money even if it was only for one year. And who cares how much money he’s made them in the past, when has that mattered in the NFL?
It’s not like he’s going broke.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 7, 2011 8:33 AM CST up reply actions  

re: who cares

Apparently he did. And so did the Colts FO. Goodwill matters.

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by oilertitan on Dec 7, 2011 4:16 PM CST up reply actions  

If something horribly unfortunate happens to Hasselbeck I'd be fine with him in a Titans uni for a year, however ...

I don’t think Peyton would want to come here and be in the same “mentor” position that he seems to be wanting out of in Indy.

However if Peyton retired and if he wanted to try out a offensive coordinator position I’d be alllll for having him run our offense … without a doubt.

For the Jake of argument ...

by BythePowerofMunchak! on Dec 6, 2011 4:03 PM CST reply actions  

I dont think he's healthy. I think its over.

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by stetix01 on Dec 6, 2011 4:27 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah!

Let’s grab Peyton Manning, sign Terrell Owens for him to pass it to, and for our running game let’s go out and get Tiki Barber!

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 6, 2011 5:00 PM CST reply actions   2 recs

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by Grimerz757 on Dec 6, 2011 6:42 PM CST up reply actions  

are you serious????

hell no, tell him to take his dumb ass and his giant forehead elsewhere. thats why he had to have neck surgery, nothing can support that huge forehead for that long. while were throwing out ridiculous theories, why dont we just sign aaron rogers and all of his receivers, and the patriots O line and pick up the denver defense? what is this, fantasy football?

by cptjack17 on Dec 7, 2011 3:02 AM CST reply actions  

Wow the votes are pretty even!

At first I thought ‘Yes of course… HELLO it’s Peyton’ then I thought ‘I don’t know how I would feel knowing that Indy’s guy gets the Titans to the Super Bowl…’ so I voted no. Kinda like McNair (RIP) going to Baltimore. It stings and doesn’t feel right.

BUT I am loving the Indy drama…. hopefully it’s not all speculation and there is truth to it. I don’t want to jinx it so I am going to burry it in the back of my head for now and contain myself when my Colts fans friends keep cheering “Suck for Luck!”.

by Los Blancos Chicca on Dec 7, 2011 8:03 AM CST reply actions  

It is pretty close to even on this one, I would really like to hear a good argument for taking Peyton of today

not the Peyton of 2 years ago.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 7, 2011 8:38 AM CST reply actions  

Because he is still Peyton Manning

And we obviously are not gonna sign him if he is not healed

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by gramsey712 on Dec 7, 2011 9:15 AM CST up reply actions  

we obviously are not gonna sign him if he is not healed

So why would anyone vote yes? is my question.

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by StPrattrick on Dec 7, 2011 9:29 AM CST up reply actions  

Theoretically he would also "still be Peyton Manning" if he had his arms and legs removed

I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a leg-less and arm-less QB in football period. Peyton is coming off major neck surgery and he was showing signs of decline last year too. It happens when you get old, and football is a young man’s game. Even Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers will eventually tail off by the end of their careers. Most of the reports I heard on Manning stated that after his surgery, he had lost an increadable amount of his arm strength. I’m not even sure if Peyton will even come back at all, and if he does; there will be know way that he will be the same player that he was.

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by NJD28 on Dec 8, 2011 1:21 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

The discussion's under the assumption his medical stuff checks out

Needless to say, if there isn’t anything left in the tank, nobody should want him.

by Hank Koebler, IV on Dec 7, 2011 9:22 AM CST reply actions  

Like I said, knowing what we know right now

why would any team want to pay the kind of money he’d be looking being a huge injury risk now that he is?

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by StPrattrick on Dec 7, 2011 9:32 AM CST up reply actions  

What if the Jags sign him

OR the Texans… Oh Gawd and if he’s still the good Peyton, on the Texans with a running game and Andre Johnson, I’d soooo be crying for a realignment after that

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by Grimerz757 on Dec 7, 2011 9:39 AM CST up reply actions  

The Texans just signed Jeff Garcia.

Their problems have been answered!

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by StPrattrick on Dec 7, 2011 9:56 AM CST up reply actions  

whats Jeff George doing?

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by stetix01 on Dec 7, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions  

Speaking of realignment

Is there any chance we can switch to the NFC? We seem to have really good luck when we play against NFC teams.

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by NJD28 on Dec 8, 2011 1:23 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Manning as a Titan?

I personally would love to see a great passing quarterback play for the titans.

dont get me wrong Hassleback has passed for a good amount of yards in some games but peyton is a different kind of quarterback.

with that said i hate his guts and hope he is never a titan. but if by small chance he is one we would never be stopped if CJ can run the ball like he has the past two games

by Saltkill2401 on Dec 8, 2011 1:06 AM CST reply actions  

Let's take the name and therefore emotionalism out of it.

Would you like to have [perhaps the best QB to ever play the game] on your team, assuming he’s completely healthy?

That’s just a no brainer.

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by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 8, 2011 8:44 PM CST reply actions  

But he's not completely healthy.

That’s the whole problem.

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by fanoftheunderdogs on Dec 9, 2011 4:52 PM CST up reply actions  

Not right now, no.

But there’s no reason to think he can’t bounce back from the surgery.

"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"

by TennesseeTyrants on Dec 9, 2011 7:35 PM CST up reply actions  

Yeah, I'm not sure that the kind of injury Manning has....

is one that you can come back from. At this point, I would say that Jake is OUR QB of the future. If ya’ll remember, I’m in that “start Jake in 2012” camp because I don’t think that he is going to need more than ONE year to ride the pines. Plus, having Matty to back him up is not a bad position to be in either.

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by titansfan4ever on Dec 10, 2011 9:52 AM CST reply actions  

Speaking as a Texans fan, I hope to Hell no crazy-ass circumstances end up putting him on the Titans.

I’m sick to death of seeing him twice a year. Let him go to the Redskins and beat the Cokeboys for the rest of his career. I might even like him, then.

by FreedomRide on Dec 10, 2011 10:49 AM CST reply actions  

Personally,

the moment that Peyton’s NFL career ends, I want to see him back on the sideline at Neyland.

"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"

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