Irsay asked Broncos’ Manning to retire as a Colt

If he decides to extend his 18-year playing career, Manning is not expected to stay in Denver, Schefter reports, despite having an additional year remaining on his contract.

Case Keenum is the team’s starter entering the off-season, said Rams coach Jeff Fisher in his season-ending news conference. If not? the next few weeks after the Super Bowl will be another eventful one for the Broncos.

Archie Manning was pleased – and perhaps a bit surprised – when he heard that his youngest son, Eli, sprung for dinner Tuesday night with Peyton, the middle child of Archie and Olivia.

“Certainly when you have injuries, when you have surgeries, the doctor sometimes will mention to you, whether you ask him or not, “Hey you are probably heading for a hip replacement at a certain time in your life, ‘” Manning said today”. If he doesn’t, the Los Angeles Rams are interested in signing him. Failing to win the Heisman didn’t define Manning as a QB, nor did losing to Florida, and neither will failing to win Sunday’s game against Carolina. Then, in 2012, I dumped the Colts and adopted the Broncos after Manning was unceremoniously booted from Indy and wound up in Denver.

The 39 year old Manning clearly isn’t what he once was, coming off a season in which he threw 9 touchdowns to 17 interceptions and a passer rating of 67.9. Manning would likely not accept a backup job, and instead search for another team should he decide he feels healthy enough to continue. According to a previous report, Manning has informed people close to him that he will retire after the 2015 National Football League season.

“I have enjoyed learning from Coach Kubiak this year”, Manning said. Manning said this week the report was “garbage” and he welcomed the league looking into it.

According to Schefter, the Rams decision makers have had internal discussions about bringing Manning in if he wants to play one final year. It is Manning’s fourth Super Bowl and he is trying to win his second. He’s 1-2 in Super Bowls while Brady is 4-2 so adding one more ring to his collection will not change his critics’ opinion. Most of those darn games, even in the regular season, were in Foxboro.

On Tuesday, the Inquisitr reported that many rumors were indicating that Peyton would hang it up after Sunday’s game, but that cat was not let out of the bag during Manning’s Media Day session in front of hundreds of reporters.