Say what you want to about the Colts management, or about Irsay The Younger, but he has made the correct choices for QB, over and over.
I still remember the loud boos at the Stadium when the Colts chose Manning over Ryan Leaf.
I despise the Irsays for a wide variety of reasons.
(mostly the $750 million for the stadium)
But agree with your post.
If you read Bill Polian’s new book, he reveals the qb thing was a total no brainer, Leaf had a whole menu of problems that were well known before the draft.
I recommend Polian’s book highly, it’s a good read.
Andrew Luck is the best QB in the NFL right now. His teammates? Not so much...
If I were a top 2 QB coming out of college, I’d sign the shortest term contract possible. Then, I’d sign a short term contract with the most talented team possible. Then, I’d rape any team willing to pay my stupid price in a short term contract...retire.
“I still remember the loud boos at the Stadium when the Colts chose Manning over Ryan Leaf.”
I remember Polian saying that they interviewed both Leaf and Manning prior to the draft.
They asked Leaf what he would do if Indianapolis chose him as their number one pick. He said that he would throw a party and invite all of his friends.
They asked Manning the same thing. Manning replied, “I would ask for a playbook and start studying it”. Manning also told Polian that if Polian did not draft him that he would beat him for the next 15 years! Those two comments did it! ;-)