Peyton Manning is the biggest Free Agent since Reggie White was a free agent in 1993 which was the biggest free agent in NFL history as he had 124 sacks in 8 seasons with the Eagles and was only 32 years-old when he was signed by God a.k.a. Ron Wolf , the GM of the Green Bay Packers, and had 6 more seasons with the Packers and he had 68.5 sacks in those 6 seasons. Payton Manning is the biggest free agent since then as he has put up almost 60,000 yards through the air (54,828) and has a completion% of 64.9 and twice as many TDs (399) to INTs (198) and ended his Colts career with a QB rating 94.9 and at 36 years old he still has 3 or 4 good seasons left in his arm that has had over 4000 yards a season in 12 of his 14 seasons as a Colt.
Now when the free agent market opens March 13th there will be a number of teams in line for the services of Payton Manning and he may want to go to a place where he could stick it to the Colts twice a year like the Houston Texans or Tennesse Titans. Then there are teams that may be wanting Manning to take them to the promise land and those are the New York Jets who have rumored in the sweepstakes since before the end of the 2011 regular season and then the Mannings would rule the big apple and then there is the Baltimore Ravens who are looking at the final stand with the great Ravens and they might get him to try to get another ring. Then there is the Niners who were a fumble away from getting to the Superbowl with Alex Smith under center and he was almost a journey man back-up or in the arena league before this past season and could be looking at Manning to put them over the top. Then there are teams just looking for something to market and make them better including the Washington Redskins (who go after big names), the Miami Dolphins (who are in need a QB), and even a team like the Cleveland Browns (to give the fans something to get their hopes up) or the Seattle Seahawks (so Manning meets the 13th man).
Manning will have lots of options to choose from in the market and it will be very interesting
Tom Mehegan
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