It is not a common occurrence for one of the best players in the history of the National Football League to be cut, but that is exactly what happened to Peyton Manning. The man who provided the organization with nine consecutive winning seasons from 2002 through 2010 and a Super Bowl championship in 2006 is being let go. There will be no storybook ending for Manning and the Colts. Manning won't be given a chance to lead the franchise that he built ever again. He won't be able to take the 2-14 Colts of 2011 and make them a contender once more. Instead Manning is in danger of becoming the next Joe Montana, the next Brett Favre. The next nomad quarterback who was turned away from the organization which he had done so much for and left out to graze on the barren fields of NFL teams who need a one-year quarterback fix to magically reach the "next level." The wildest part about this whole saga is that one can't really blame Jim Irsay and the Indianapolis Colts for what they are doing.
