He's One of the Best

Peyton Manning.
Released today from the Indianapolis Colts.
Idiots!!!!
I'm sooooo disappointed. I have been a real Colts fan since Austin Collie, of BYU, went to the Colts about three years ago. Before that, I still admired Peyton because he was just plain good. Then, Austin goes there and all of a sudden, he's getting these great passes from Manning and I find myself loving the Colts a LOT.
Peyton has been in the NFL for only 14 years, drafted by the Colts and has been their starting quarterback the whole 14 years. He has taken them to MULTIPLE championships, even playoffs, and even to the Super Bowl with ONE Super Bowl Championship.
And today, they released him.
At the very beginning of the 2011 season, Peyton suffered a pretty rough injury that ended up him requiring surgery on his throwing arm. He ended up sitting out that whole season this past year as doctors wouldn't clear him to play until just now. For some unknown negotiating problems the owners and Manning have not been able to resolve, they agreed (?) to release Manning now so that he can be picked up by another team in order to start the new season.
Headline news. And his news conference was heart wrenching...I couldn't even watch it a second time as he thanked his team mates, coaches and mostly, the Colt fans.
What a loss for the Colts.
Idiots.
Probably 8+ teams waiting in the wings to pick him though. Won't be the same seeing him in another teams jersey, but seeing him play anywhere is better than not at all.
They have retired his jersey...#18. No one will ever wear the #18 Colts jersey again.
Idiots.