If the Colts would have known then what we know now, would they have kept Manning?

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Originally Posted by Thatguy

Known what? The NFL would suddenly allow illegal pick plays and his offensive linemen to hold so the NFL PR machine can get as much out of the Manning well before he retired. .you bet your ass they would have.

Every team runs some pick plays. It's a fact of life in today's NFL.

As for the Colts making the same decision again, I would certainly hope they would. People forget that, at the time, Manning couldn't throw the ball more than 10 yards. There was no way the Colts were gonn keep him when the odds were so much against him ever playing again, much less playing this well.

They HAD to make the decision they did.