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Houston was a playoff team with Brian Hoyer at QB. With that Defense and possibly a running game, Peyton could make them a contender for another run. It's a similar fit to what Peyton had in Denver TBH. Houston would be very smart to sign Peyton, however I do think Peyton's best bet is to retire on top.FUBAR said:
I think what we may be forgetting is how horrific Manning was before getting injured once again: 7 TDs against 18 INTs. He didn't exactly play all that well during the playoff run either.
He was injured while he was playing... he injured himself in July... It's partially to blame for those numbers.
The last 2 years he has been plagued by injuries. He was horrible the last 8 or so games in 2014 and 2015 was a train wreck for him. He is going to be 40 years old, he doesn't pass the eye test at all. I would argue that at this moment right now Hoyer is a better quarterback than Manning. The only way I would sign Manning is if he agreed to be a back up, which he won't, or if I was a team that has no chance of winning and has a young qb that needs a year of sitting and they need a stop gap at qb.
He's said he doesn't want to have to start over. Essentially the only way I see this playing out with him being a QB next year is that the Broncos cut him, can't sign Brock or land another FA QB, and end up offering Manning an opportunity to come back. I don't think he'll go anywhere else.
Sure, but Denver is pressed against the cap. They won't be able to afford $5m for a back-up QB.
it's sports. people are going to try and quantify / qualify his legacy.
As a Broncos fan, you're obviously happy right now. Do you think it was worth it, overall (4 seasons...one title...state of the team as he departs)?
My opinion: 3 AFC Championship games, 2 SB appearances, 1 Lombardi, a couple of HUGE offensive seasons including one of record breaking proportions...any team would kill for that line. I can't even imagine anyone not being thrilled with the way things played out. Do you think it's time for Brady to go so you can start the Garroppolo era? Or, are you willing to let Brady finish out the string in the hopes he has just a little more magic left?
Yes on all counts. Remember where we were before Manning - the Tebow billboards and all that silliness. Granted, I was on the Tebow bandwagon at the time, but my enthusiasm was tempered on the hope he could improve. Regardless, what did we really expect in 2012 and beyond?
My question didn't have anything to do with Brady. Just wondering how people who are known to be true fans to the Broncos feel now as the transition begins. No more or less. It is just interesting to me because a lot of times you see major "all in" moves by teams in lots of sports and they never pan out and more often than not it leaves the teams digging out of a hole for a long time. So I was interested to get the thoughts from a case when it did pan out.
The great thing is there was never really made a sacrifice of the future for what we got. The timing was perfect. We have to sign Von and Manning rides off into the sunset so there are really no changes to the cap. As for Brock, that's yet to be seen. I will say he had a pretty good run as the starter for 7 games but the defense was out of this world so who knows. For the first 7 starts of a career, he's not off to a bad start.
IMO, the credit goes to John Elway. Yes, it was an "all in " move, but it was structured such that the Broncos could back out with minimal impact at any time. Manning's release at any point his whole contract would only cost $2.5m in dead money. His contract overall was not far out of line from other good QBs.
Bubby was the better choice - that move by Shannahan tore the locker room apart - especially at the late stage of training camp.
Good mention of Elway there. Probably not many guys that would have understood walking in those shoes as Manning was the way Elway did as he lived a similar situation himself near the end.
It's always tempting to go with youth, though, and It's not as if Bubby went elsewhere and had a Rich Gannon like career resurgence so Shanahanigan might have had a point.
he answered, but why is this even a question? 
