I know last week I said I would get into the 2011 defense but with all the talk around Peyton Manning lately, I thought I would share my thoughts on the situation.
Peyton Manning was unable to play in 2011 due to neck problems which he tried to fix with several surgeries. Without Peyton, the Colts fell to a 2-14 in 2011. He clearly was their most valuable player and had been able to cover up some real problems they had in some personnel. Up until last week, his doctors had kept him from playing. But with the team heading into the draft with the number 1 pick, many believe they will take the best player in the draft being a new QB Andrew Luck. That leaves themselves in a huge pickle as they must decide if they want to keep Peyton around or if they move onto a new generation in Luck. Speculations from the insiders is that Peyton Manning will be out of Indianapolis and playing for another team in 2012.
Where could Peyton end up if he is out of Indy? Is Seattle a possibility?
I believe that every team in the league would want Peyton Manning as their quarterback. The real questions is do they have the other personnel, room in their salary cap, and an offensive coach willing to adjust to Peyton as he really is the one in command of the offense and it’s scheme.
When it comes to Peyton and the possibility of Seattle for him, I am not sure where I stand. Obviously he would be able to come in and if 100% do a spectacular job. He would be able to help our offense produce high scores – which we desperately need. He could help a younger quarterback develop, which would mean we would need to drop all 3 quarterbacks we have now over the course of 2012 and 2013. We would need to get a quarterback in this year’s draft or next as one that could become the next starter while also looking around the league for someone who could be a good backup. Maybe we wouldn’t have to look far if T. Jackson would be willing to step down, but that is unlikely in Seattle for him.
There are several reasons I think getting Peyton into Seattle wouldn’t work either. I think that with what we have in our salary cap, we need to spread it out a little more than just one person. We currently need to resign Marshawn and several other key starting and bench players. Bringing in Peyton would minimize those other areas of need right now. Just not sure it would be worth it at this point.
The other problem I see with Peyton coming in is the ability of Darrell Bevell to let him bring his years of experience in running his own type of offense and take over in a sense. I am just not sure Bevell wants to do that again as he did with Brett Farve. Then again I guess he has already done it, so maybe he has the experience needed in letting someone like Peyton do his thing, which has been pretty dang successful.
So there is obviously pros and cons and I am sure, just like every other team in the league, the Seahawks management team is weighing every possible outcome in their decision on if they want to pursue Manning if he does get out of Indianapolis. It will be interesting to see over the next weeks and months.
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