Manning out for season.

[larrylooser]

A radio broadcaster in indiana has said that a source has told him that peyton manning has had a 3rd procedure done to his neck and that he will miss the entire 2011 season. This is coming from a radio broadcaster not me. If this is true the colts will be a very interesting team this season without him.

[larrylooser]

The guys name is jake query from wnde radio in indianpolis he says the source told him manning had the 3rd procdure done on sunday or monday and that in all likely hood manning would miss the 2011 season.

[Patriots Game]

I saw this on Twitter around 1pm est. If so, glad I took texans to win div. Texans better not screw it up.

[Hoosier Action]

I've been all over the web and can't find anything on this.
ESPN would have been all ove this by now I wold think.
This is the latest from the coach from 4 hours ago.

CALDWELL TALKS MANNING

By Craig Kelley - Colts.com

Posted 4 hours ago

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Colts head coach Jim Caldwell has worked with quarterback Peyton Manning for nine years, with most of those seasons being as his position coach. Caldwell knows Manning’s streak of consecutive games played that ends Sunday is truly remarkable.

INDIANAPOLIS – Colts head coach Jim Caldwell did not need time for memory lane, nor did he pause for recollections on quarterback Peyton Manning as his team prepares to meet the Houston Texans on Sunday in the 2011 regular-season opener.

What Caldwell did say about Manning was brief and in full context since the quarterback’s accomplishments are so vivid and noteworthy to him, and there will be more to come.

This is Caldwell’s tenth year with the Colts and the third in his current capacity. The remaining years he has spent here were in the role of position coach for Manning.

On Wednesday, the club announced in conjunction with a statement from the quarterback that he will not start this Sunday when the Colts meet Houston in Reliant Stadium at 1:00 p.m. (ET).

This will mark the first game Manning has missed in his career. Previously, he had missed just one snap due to injury. That occurred in 2001 when Manning suffered a broken jaw against Miami, missed one snap, then returned to action. Any other playing time Manning missed came in games where the outcome had been decided.

Manning set the NFL mark with 208 consecutive starts to open a career, a total that beat the previous record of offensive guard Gene Upshaw (207, Oakland, 1967-81). Manning’s streak of 208 consecutive starts rank second in NFL history for quarterbacks, behind only Brett Favre’s 297.

Caldwell has had a front row seat and he has provided an immense amount of input and direction for much of Manning’s career. Caldwell missed only the 1998-2001 seasons of Manning’s career in Indianapolis.

He has spent an extraordinary amount of time with Manning, and Caldwell was able to put Manning’s accomplishments in context in a few short words.

“It’s going to be a little different playing without Peyton,” said Caldwell. “He’s obviously one-of-a-kind. He’s certainly been a great player for us.”

This is not the first time in his career Caldwell has lost a quarterback for a game. When posed that question on Wednesday Caldwell responded, and it gave him a chance to underscore again what Manning has accomplished over the past 13 seasons.

“On several occasions (he has missed a quarterback in his coaching career),” said Caldwell. “You probably would think that would be something that has happened to most guys (coaches) because there are very few guys (players) who have had the kind of longevity that Peyton has had. I don’t care what level, whether it’s in high school, college or wherever it might be. You have to be able to make adjustments and move forward.

“I can’t think of a season (where it didn’t happen to him previously). At Penn State it happened. It happened at Wake Forest. If I look back at it, there’s probably not a season that went by where one quarterback started the entire time, maybe once. I can’t be exactly accurate but let me tell you this, it’s happened more than five times (to me). When I think you look across our league, I think most teams have quarterbacks who have missed some time. Ours has just been highly unusual, thank God.”

Manning has taken every snap in 178 of 208 career games, missing only 424 career snaps (including the one due to injury). In total, he has taken 12,712 of a possible 13,136 career snaps with consecutive snap streaks reaching 1,631, 1,590, 1,459, 1,400, 1,205 and a current one of 1,088 that will end on Sunday. The streak of 1,590 consecutive snaps was a career-opening total. The only other quarterbacks to take snaps during Manning career are Steve Walsh (21 in 1999), Mark Rypien (22 in 2001), Brock Huard (22 in 2003), Jim Sorgi (74 in 2004; 102 in 2005; 74 in 2007; 56 in 2008; 1 in 2009) and Curtis Painter (47 in 2009). (Punter Hunter Smith and running back Edgerrin James took a total of five direct snaps as well.)

Only three teams (Green Bay, New England, Houston) have started five or fewer quarterbacks during Manning’s career from 1998 to the present. Fifteen have started a dozen or more.

The club announced Collins will start for Manning at Houston. It will be the 177th start of his career

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Originally Posted by Patriots Game

I saw this on Twitter around 1pm est. If so, glad I took texans to win div. Texans better not screw it up.

I've been betting the Texans more than any other team for many years, it's time they live up to expectations finally.