this morning, peyton manning had a press conference announcing his good-bye with the indianapolis colts. after 14 years with the colts who signed him out of college, they have decided to part ways with one another. it's a tough situation because manning had neck surgery last season and while he has just started throwing the football again, his health is still a concern. not only that, but since the colts have the #1 pick in this years draft and stanford's andrew luck ready to come to the nfl, it's natural for the colts to start thinking of their future and moving forward with a new quarterback.
but, peyton believes he still has a few more years of football left in him and, if he's healthy, he is still an elite quarterback that can bring a football team to the next level. many teams have already been linked as "good fits" for where manning could join. one of those teams is my beloved 49ers.
the niners gm has already said that they haven't talked about bringing in manning, but you gotta believe they should at least consider it. i know it's also a tough situation because the niners had a great season last year going 13-3 and making it to the divisional championship game with alex smith as their quarterback, but he only played okay and it seemed like, to me, that jim harbaugh didn't completely open up the playbook because of smith's skills. yes, alex fits well into the 49ers system and maybe harbaugh is just slowly opening up more and more to alex, but you could do so much more with peyton as your quarterback.
if i was the niners, i would make an offer to manning. i think bringing him in here would take this team to that next level. it would also give them opportunities to many sign another top receiver? i really hope mike wallace would be brought in. that would be pretty amazing. and i trust harbaugh enough that if manning was to possibly get injured, that he can groom the next quarterback whether that be colin kapernick or someone else. so my vote is for the niners to make manning an offer.
