I asked the question about worst franchise decisions and cutting Peyton was mentioned a lot. A lot of comments were made about how his success in Denver proved it was the wrong decision but I fail to see how. They were completely different teams. Denver was filled with Young talent on both sides of the ball and were able to create an offense that maximized Peyton’s strengths while masking his weaknesses. They also had a defense that could match their offense.
Meanwhile we lacked talent at just about every position. Our defense was awful, TY and Reggie were cool but the weapons Peyton had in Denver was like a dream team of talent. Most importantly, the offensive line. If those offensive lines led a 6’5 250 pound freak of an athlete into an early retirement, I can’t imagine what they would have done to a 36 year old Peyton coming off a career threatening injury.
No but the move seems to have strained his relationship with the colts. He seems more interested in supporting Denver. That is really the only negative consequence of this timeline. I’d love to see him involved more with the team if possible.
We could damn near be a 1A landing spot for talent with The Pat McAfee show (ESPN) annnnd Peyton Advertising the Colts and Indy at any given opportunity.
This is an unpredictable situation seeing a small market team/city suddenly get shot into the limelight arguably in competition with the east coast, sandal states, and Chicago due to all of the focus and PR coverage.
I am excited to see how this all plays out