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Clausen to Colts?

brandon_87

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I will take a bag of funyuns and a dr. pepper.... hell, Diet dr. pepper, for the Jimmy.

That's probably the best deal we could get.

More like, I will give you a bag of funyuns and any soda of your choosing if you will take the Jimmy. No? Make it two bags of funyuns and a case of your favorite beer. No? And so on...

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Colts are said to be looking at drafting Andy Dalton as a backup/heir apparent.

Probably overstating it to say they are thinking "heir apparent" to Manning, but I think Dalton's is a viable prospect and wouldn't at all be surprised if he became a solid starter in the NFL.

Red hair though he may have - begging the question, has their ever been a red haired starting QB in the NFL? There must be someone obvious I'm missing but I can't think of one. Anti-ginger prejudice is rampant at that position.

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Probably overstating it to say they are thinking "heir apparent" to Manning, but I think Dalton's is a viable prospect and wouldn't at all be surprised if he became a solid starter in the NFL.

Red hair though he may have - begging the question, has their ever been a red haired starting QB in the NFL? There must be someone obvious I'm missing but I can't think of one. Anti-ginger prejudice is rampant at that position.

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Colts are looking for a QB to start grooming to take Manning's place when he calls it quits, but don't like the qb's in this draft..... I feel like it could possibly be a win-win situation

What deal would you think would be good for both sides? Assuming we do take Newton or Gabbert at no. 1?

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after a new cba has been reached

So let me get this straight..."we" think Jimmy Clausen sucks horribly and want him out so badly that the Colts would want him to replace Peyton Manning eventually. Along those same lines, the Colts thinks this crop of QBs are bad enough not to take a risk on one, yet we are going to, not only draft one, but the rookie will replace the guy that's stepping into Peyton's shoes.

Makes perfect sense to me. :confused:

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So let me get this straight..."we" think Jimmy Clausen sucks horribly and want him out so badly that the Colts would want him to replace Peyton Manning eventually. Along those same lines, the Colts thinks this crop of QBs are bad enough not to take a risk on one, yet we are going to, not only draft one, but the rookie will replace the guy that's stepping into Peyton's shoes.

Makes perfect sense to me. :confused:

when you put it that way it makes A LOT of sense

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So let me get this straight..."we" think Jimmy Clausen sucks horribly and want him out so badly that the Colts would want him to replace Peyton Manning eventually. Along those same lines, the Colts thinks this crop of QBs are bad enough not to take a risk on one, yet we are going to, not only draft one, but the rookie will replace the guy that's stepping into Peyton's shoes.

Makes perfect sense to me. :confused:

when you have a chance to learn from peyton manning, anything is possible, but once we could get rid of him, who cares???

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