Peyton manning cleared to play

We are talking about a HOF QB Peyton Manning here not, signing Jeff George. Manning has proven he is 1 of the best QB's ever to play. No GM could fault the Redskins for signing Peyton if he is healthy. He could give us 3-4 years while we find a future franchise QB. We keep all of our draft picks or trade down from #6 for more picks and get our young QB in the later rounds. This is a win situation for us. Peyton will is a top 5 QB when healthy and RGIII or Luck have not done squat in the NFL.

I agree completely. But the question/concern about Peyton Manning playing in for the Redskins is this: Can he play quarterback effectively in a west coast offense after being in one offense for so many years? Can Manning do what Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan want him to do? Will the Shanahans attempt to alter the things that Peyton does best on the field and try and change him like how they did with McNabb? Will Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan allow Peyton Manning to call his own plays like he had been doing for Indianapolis? What if the situation blows up like it did with McNabb?

I agree completely. But the question/concern about Peyton Manning playing in for the Redskins is this: Can he play quarterback effectively in a west coast offense after being in one offense for so many years? Can Manning do what Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan want him to do? Will the Shanahans attempt to alter the things that Peyton does best on the field and try and change him like how they did with McNabb? Will Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan allow Peyton Manning to call his own plays like he had been doing for Indianapolis? What if the situation blows up like it did with McNabb?

This is an excellent question. The move with McNabb seemed good on paper, but he truly was shot as a QB and his fate in Minnesota proved that. Nobody knows if Manning is physically done. His neck has healed fully, but there are lingering doubts about his arm strength/velocity and I think one doctor has already said that it arm will not be what it used to be.

That being said, the man is still a genius and has the mental tools to command an offense. Can he find ways to win like Chad Pennington, even though he doesn't have the arm anymore? I think so. How many times do you really see a guy throw an 80 yard bomb that results in a touchdown? It happens but not often. If Peyton has decent velocity at 50 yards, he can make things happen. I just think his arm strength is too up in the air right now.

I dont want to see him end up being like Mark Brunell, who was a great QB, but by the time he got here his arm was basically shot. Thats why I beleived Manning would never come back if he couldn't be what he was before...We will see.

Peyton as a redskin gives us instant credibility, but at the same time, are we a team that is built to win right now? I don't think so. I think anybody who gets Manning will have him for one more season, possibly two, but we all could be wrong and Peyton could play for 4 or 5 more seasons. I hope he is healthy enough to do that because the NFL will be weird with Manning gone for good, and "that other great QB" (over-rated Tom Brady) won't be long to follow him, as he has already hinted at retirement a few times this past season...

I agree completely. But the question/concern about Peyton Manning playing in for the Redskins is this: Can he play quarterback effectively in a west coast offense after being in one offense for so many years? Can Manning do what Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan want him to do? Will the Shanahans attempt to alter the things that Peyton does best on the field and try and change him like how they did with McNabb? Will Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan allow Peyton Manning to call his own plays like he had been doing for Indianapolis? What if the situation blows up like it did with McNabb?Good questions.
But I think the larger question is this: do you trust Mike/Kyle to recognize that PM has proven to be successful enough in his passing offense to warrant adapting their entire offense to more or less mirror Peyton's passing game?

Therefore I don't think it becomes a question of whether PM can learn the Kyle's playbook and verbiage or do what they want him to do.

I think Mike/Kyle would have to come to an understanding that if the sign PM they're signing on to install the 'PM passing offense'.

My thinking is that PM would teach the passing offense to Mike/Kyle/Matt LeFleur/Ike Hilliard.
They would then translate PM plays into their verbiage.
Peyton would have to learn to speak the language of our offense so he could call his plays and our players would understand; which imo would be no problem.
Then sit back and watch PM take charge of the passing game taking every rep from the start of OTA til the playoffs. ;)

Good questions.
But I think the larger question is this: do you trust Mike/Kyle to recognize that PM has proven to be successful enough in his passing offense to warrant adapting their entire offense to more or less mirror Peyton's passing game?

Therefore I don't think it becomes a question of whether PM can learn the Kyle's playbook and verbiage or do what they want him to do.

I think Mike/Kyle would have to come to an understanding that if the sign PM they're signing on to install the 'PM passing offense'.

My thinking is that PM would teach the passing offense to Mike/Kyle/Matt LeFleur/Ike Hilliard.
They would then translate PM plays into their verbiage.
Peyton would have to learn to speak the language of our offense so he could call his plays and our players would understand; which imo would be no problem.
Then sit back and watch PM take charge of the passing game taking every rep from the start of OTA til the playoffs. ;)

A better statement would be to sit back and watch Peyton take charge of the passing game for every rep from the start of OTAs to the final seconds of next years Super Bowl. :)

So you just gonna throw me under the bus?

I'm a little late here Quake but what are you talking about? I was talking about RexKelly and every other newb that joins here and writes 10 posts and then starts a new thread promoting their blog or w/e.

I'm a little late here Quake but what are you talking about? I was talking about RexKelly and every other newb that joins here and writes 10 posts and then starts a new thread promoting their blog or w/e.

The foof comment. LOL

A better statement would be to sit back and watch Peyton take charge of the passing game for every rep from the start of OTAs to the final seconds of next years Super Bowl. :)Touche; makes me think of a quote from Games That Changed the Game

With some teams, the differece between their first-string and back-up isn't that much, but if your number one guy is a superstar, it's a different story...As we[Ron Jaworski/Jon Gruden] watched, we were surprised to see Manning taking virtually all the reps in the session. Jon asked Tom [Tom Moore Colts OC] why he wasn't giving some snaps to Peyton's backups....He looked us both in the eye, paused for a moment, then said in that gravelly voice of his, "Fellas, if '18' goes down, we're *bleeped*. And we don't practice *bleeped*."

The foof comment. LOL

LOL. You can pretend it was an accident all you want but we all know you were jonesing to start a thread where we can discuss foof using code language. ;) But don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

LOL. You can pretend it was an accident all you want but we all know you were jonesing to start a thread where we can discuss foof using code language. ;) But don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

Weirdly enough Jones is my last name.

Now this is funny and interesting, I hope the Rams get burned and left SOL.

2012 NFL Trade Rumors: Peyton Manning On Washington's Radar - Turf Show Times (http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2012/2/5/2773301/2012-nfl-trade-rumors-peyton-manning-washington-redskins)

Washington might be less inclined to swap picks if they sign Manning. Miami is expected to pursue Matt Flynn of the Packers. That leaves Cleveland, Arizona and Seattle as the most quarterback needy teams. NFC West teams will be less likely to trade up with their division rivals. If Cleveland has no interest in trading up, Washington gets Manning and Miami gets Flynn, the Rams may be S.O.L. looking for a trade partner. Seattle or Arizona could then make a deal with Minnesota or Cleveland for RG3.

I just love seeing greedy teams getting burned cause they were asking for a mint in trade and then couldn't.