Peyton Manning may get his 5 MVP and never take a snap!

[charlotte49er]

With the Colts, (now reverted to the Dolts) being at 0-5, you can see who important Peyton Manning has been to them. That said, there's a strong contingent that Peyton deserves his 5th MVP and probably will never take a snap this year! :p

[KBRed]

How did y'all lose again...pretty sure you were up early...oh yeah, the 'Suck for Luck' campaign.

[Grammer]

i honestly hope you guys get luck, but i don't know why.

[blackcatgrowl]

Let me preface this by saying I've liked the Colts since Manning's time there, and hate the Pats. This isn't an attack on the team or the fans...

But I hope this season teaches some clubs (like us) some hard lessons about building teams and long term success.

Compare the 2008 Patriots to this year's Colts.

2008, Tom Brady goes down in game one. Matt Cassel comes in and leads them to an 11-5 record, which only causes them to miss the playoffs by a fluke happenstance of NFL tie breaking rules. In fact:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_New_England_Patriots_season

they were the first 11-win team since the expansion to a 12-team playoff in 1990 to not make the playoffs, as well as only the second team since the NFL expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978.

The Pats kept the momentum going by virtue of system coaching and damn good GM'ing.

This year's Colts are 0-5, and no one fears them without Manning. I'm actually looking forward to the win when we go up there later in the year.

Jim Irsay and Bill Polian rested on their laurels in Peyton Manning. Jim Caldwell inherited Dungy's work, and hasn't coached them nearly as well. Without Manning, they are all being exposed as not having a plan for long term, not having an emergency plan for injuries, and relying on one man's ability to carry a team.

It's a shame really. If the Colts had built a team around Manning like the Steelers or the Packers, who knows how many rings he would have.

The whole situation has me feeling sorry for you Colts fans.

[Mvp2014]

How did y'all lose again...pretty sure you were up early...oh yeah, the 'Suck for Luck' campaign.

shhhhhhh!

[Nicbsbll2]

Sorry, but I hope the Colts win a couple of throw-away games at the end of the season to take them out of the Andrew Luck Sweepstakes just because no single franchise should be able to luck into 2 of the best QB prospects ever.

[jpniner]

2008 Pats had a HOF coach, the colts coach sucks

[The Saltman]

It pisses me off.

First you get Manning and now Luck.

God I hope you go on a roll and start winning.

Miami deserves to finally have a QB again.

[blackcatgrowl]

2008 Pats had a HOF coach, the colts coach sucks

Yes... that's a part of the problem, as I mentioned.

[Spaceballs83]

It's all a conspiracy. Remember when Manning talked Luck into staying in college? Now you have Manning have a "phantom" injury where he is out for the season. This is nothing but a franchise tanking the season and letting loose with their great QB. Oh yeah, Manning will be back next year to coach up Luck. Just watch....

[Jbro]

Manning for MVP was talked about at nauseam week #1.. Not gonna happen.

[charlotte49er]

Manning for MVP was talked about at nauseam week #1.. Not gonna happen.

Football MVP is about the player who contributes the most to his team.

With Peyton Manning the Colts are always contenders. Without Peyton Manning, the Colts are just a bunch of pretenders!