(October 27, 2015 at 5:33 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(October 27, 2015 at 4:37 pm)Skeletor Wrote: I hope for Denver's sake that they have an exit strategy WRT Manning, because the fat lady has been warming up for years.
I sure haven't seen one. When I ask around about Osweiler I get a few who think he'll do well, a few who think he'll suck and the vast majority who don't know 'cause we've never seen him take a meaningful snap. I really have to wonder what the front office saw in Manning that made them think it was worth it to bring him back for another year. It's not like he was playing stellar football and got edged out in the playoffs by the eventual champs. Hell, it's not like the fat lady's even warming up anymore. She's half-way through her aria.
I've never actively wished for an injury to a player, especially on my own team, but I'm near to it now. The Oz man is in the last year of his rookie contract. If Manning finishes the season, the only way we find out if he's got game is to sign him to a bigger contract during the off season. There have been too many "practice warriors" who never bring it during the games and Randy Moss types who can ball come Sunday but don't practice worth a shit to convince me that the coaching staff really knows what they've got.
After watching Manning's body completely fail him on the field, I'm much more sanguine about Elway's retirement timing. It would have been far more painful watching him struggle like this that it was to see him gracefully step down as the only QB to retire as a current Superbowl champion.
I still think he had one year left though, and had he been there instead of Griese, they may have cemented their place in history as the first ever to three-peat.
I'd be willing to bet that Matthew Stafford will be in Denver next season.
Or...
You might live to see the not so triumphant return of Jay Cutler.
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