Colts Release Peyton Manning

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It is a official the Indianapolis Colts have released their star quarterback Peyton Manning.  Manning and Irsay hosted a press conference today to address all questions and concerns that have been surrounding the Colts announcement of releasing Manning.  Irsay led off the press conference and explained that the decision was hard to come to but was agreed on by both sides.  Teary eyed Irsay explained that in order to rebuild the Colts under the current cap they had to make the difficult decision to release Manning in order to make room to sign draft picks, in which the NFL draft is schedule to take place April 26-28.  "Circumstances were to difficult to overcome" -Jim Irsay stated, "he'll always be a part of the horseshoe." Manning then began to speak and becoming emotional and teary eyed it was obvious that Manning was hurt by the difficult decision.  Manning did state that retirement was not in his interest that he is not done playing football and that he is getting better and better as days go by after the multiple neck surgeries have had him on the sideline.  "I have loved playing football for the Colts and the only professional football I know is the Colts" Manning stated, "...in life and sports nothing lasts forever." Manning later went on to state "After extensive talks we have recognized that our circumstances makes it best for us to take this next step and it has been a honor to play with this team."

It is going to be interested to see where Manning ends up during free agency and how his return will be next season.  One things for sure is that his first game back will be a highly publicized game.