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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
If we were trading picks away for manning, or paying him so much money that we had to skimp on other areas of the team, then you might have a legitimate argument. But thats not the case, so you don't. getting manning does not cost us any draft picks and we have so much cap room we can pay him what he deserves and still make significant, intelligent, upgrades in free agency.
take manning our of hte equation and our team is already better than the colts. add manning and we're an immediate contender. and thats BEFORE free agency and the draft. Manning will likely go down in history as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. There has never been another quarterback who has the same understanding the game and defenses as Manning. He reads defenses and changes the play to be successful nearly every snap. No one else has ever done that as consistently and as successfully as Peyton Manning.
We've got oodles of cap room and a ton of draft picks. What you dont seem to be able to grasp is that signing manning does absolutly nothing to hurt our chances to build a successful team long-term. In fact, signing Manning would HELP us build for long-term success while still being competitive now.
Whats your alternative? Roll with Kyle Orton? Mortgage the future by trading up for RGIII and not have other young players to build around.
Signing manning allows us time to develop our entire roster so by the time our young qb of the future is ready, weve got good talent around him.
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I agree, if its a choice between spending some $ to get PM (as long as he's healthy) or giving away a bunch of picks to get RG III then its no contest, take PM. Like you said there's tons of cap space and the only to lose is $. Its basically cant lose deal for the Skins.