Posted on 03 December 2011. Tags: Bill Polian, Colts', conversation, denies, discussions, draft, having, Indianapolis Colts, location, Manning, news, Nfl, Peyton Manning, Polian, replacement
As Peyton Manning takes steps toward getting back on the field, he admits anything getting to do with his extended-term future is off his radar.
Namely, that pertains to the question of what the winless Indianapolis Colts do with their initial-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. That choose could be the No. 1 overall choose, and could be used to draft Manning’s eventual replacement. It’s thought by several that could be Stanford’s Andrew Luck, if he decides to go pro.
Colts vice chairman Bill Polian told radio listeners last month he has already spoken with Manning about making use of a high pick on a quarterback. But when Manning held court at his locker on Friday, he denied that conversation took place.
“I will say that he and I have not had a conversation about the 2012 draft,” Manning told reporters. “Bill keeps a lot of the players informed on different issues, but I’ve never ever recognized who we had been going to draft in years past.
“It (shouldn’t be) insinuated that he checks with me. I’m not in personnel. I don’t do personnel. I’ve had no conversation about the 2012 draft. Particularly, I feel that’s inappropriate to even feel that I would have during the 2011 season while we’re playing.”
Manning was asked if Polian was being truthful. He said he might have been told “a couple of years ago” by Polian the team would eventually draft his replacement, but it’s not a conversation that has taken place recently.
“I don’t know what was said on the radio show, but that’s just not a conversation that occurred between he and I,” reiterated Manning.
The draw, of course, is that the 4-time NFL MVP’s lengthy-term future isn’t in Indianapolis given his ascending contract and $ 28 million choice bonus subsequent year to maintain him on the roster.
Manning is performing his ideal to preserve himself out of the conversation.
“Whatever Bill has to do for the organization, that’s what he has to do,” Manning said. “I just play football. I genuinely have been just the starting quarterback here for 13 years, and no other hat or role besides that. … I don’t know what else to say besides that.”
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Posted on 16 October 2011. Tags: acquire, buying, Colts', denies, Indianapolis Colts, Irsay, Jim Irsay, Kansas City Chiefs, loss, Mars, nfl owner, Rumors, Speculates, trade, trade deadline approaches, turn
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay on Saturday extinguished speculation that his players are being shopped around as Tuesday’s trade deadline approaches.
“No,the trade rumors aren’t true…I’m negotiating two acquire Mars though..so I can ensure inter-galactic,NFL dominance for the 25th century,” Irsay tweeted.
It’s unclear how the obtain of our neighboring planet will elevate the winless Colts, but his words at least quell the trade rumors surrounding wide receiver Reggie Wayne and defensive finish Robert Mathis.
Both players are set to become free of charge agents after this season, and chatter this week suggested they could be had for the proper price.
Irsay tends to shoot straight with his 72,000-plus Twitter followers when it comes to his beloved team.
No NFL owner embraces social media with as a lot verve as Irsay, who regularly dispatches injury reports and has openly suffered with Colts fans throughout this season’s troubles.
“Tough,sickening,nausea-producing loss,” he tweeted following Indy fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week five. “Giving up 17 point leads at house will lead two hair loss!We normally lose 5 games n 2seasons!WeMustFightON”
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Posted on 28 April 2011. Tags: denies, Federal Judge, judge, lifted, Limbo, Lockout, Nfl, Nfl Lockout, NFL's, request, stay, still
The federal judge who lifted
the NFL lockout dealt another blow to the league late Wednesday, denying its
request to put her ruling on hold and guaranteeing more limbo for the $ 9
billion business.
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Posted on 01 April 2011. Tags: Allegations, assault, Assault Charges, Bucs, Cb, denies, Lawyers, Talib, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lawyers for Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib released a statement Thursday denying assault charges filed against the player in Texas.
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Posted on 15 March 2011. Tags: Arrest, brandishing, Chris Cook, Cook, denies, Led, Lynchburg Va, Minnesota Vikings, Neighbor, tiff, Tv Report, Vikes, Vikings Cornerback, Wset Tv
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook was arrested after arguing with a neighbor in Lynchburg, Va., but Cook denies a WSET-TV report that he pulled out a gun during the dispute.
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Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: brother, Cb, Chris Cook, Cook, denies, Lynchburg Va, Minnesota Vikings, Neighbor, pulling, Star Tribune, Vikings Cornerback, Vikings'
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook says he did not pull a gun on a neighbor during an argument that led to his arrest. Cook tells the Star Tribune that he was riding his bike near his Lynchburg, Va. home Saturday when a neighbor began yelling at him. He says the neighbor wrongly believed Cook had called police about the neighbor’s brother.
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