Peyton looks glum for a reason.

The Super Bowl is in Indianapolis (and is only a few days away), and all people are talking about is that Manning quarterback.  However, it’s not Eli Manning, the quarterback of the New York Giants who is going for his second Super Bowl.  It’s Peyton Manning, Eli’s brother and quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.  Peyton Manning has received medical clearance to return to football from his physician, Dr. Robert Watkins, and the surgeon who performed his surgery.  However, is there a place for Manning on the team he’s guided to the Super Bowl and the heights of success?  Perhaps not.

Colts owner Jim Irsay has been very public about his spat with Peyton, and new general manager Ryan Grigson seems to be keeping his options open.  After all, with the number one pick in the NFL draft, he can pick Andrew Luck, a possible Manning replacement who seems immediately able to play.  That would make Manning, who is coming off his third neck surgery in 19 months, expendable while saving the team a staggering $28 million due Manning in March.  There’s also the fact that Colts team doctors haven’t cleared Manning, retirement rumors, and the fact Manning missed the 2011-12 season entirely.

“You can’t do things to where you are going to hurt the whole franchise with other decisions that you know might hurt at the moment, but in the end they help the sum of the parts,” said Grigson, who replaced Chris Polian as GM.  “It is a tough deal in this business, and it happens at every position.  It happens with coaching, it happens with people in personnel and it is completely part of the process and the business.”

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