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If Peyton Manning Goes Down Were Fked: Despite Earning Over $248000000 In His Career Mannings Insurance Plan Was Never Set As Per Colts OC to Jon Gruden

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Peyton Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks in history, earning over $248 million in his career as per Essentially Sports, and once the Colts OC shared the harsh truth of how there was no backup plan behind him. Manning was the primary focus of whatever team he was on. The Colts and Broncos were built around his talents on the offensive side. He could throw the ball as well as anyone, and when he was clicking, there was simply no stopping him. That’s how important he was to his teams.

With the Colts, Manning often didn’t have the luxury of a championship-caliber defense. That’s why it was often all on him. He was the Colts’ first, second, and third option. They were heavily unprepared for any injury to him, and it showed during the 2011 season. Later in his career, Manning was able to lean more on his defense, particularly in the final year of his career, but by then, he wasn’t the same Peyton Manning anymore.

Colts OC Revealed How Screwed The Colts Were Without Peyton Manning To Jon Gruden

A recent story has emerged about how Colts OC Tom Moore had to tell Jon Gruden that there really wasn’t a contingency plan for Manning. If he went down, well, that was it, it seemed like.

In the book, The Games That Changed the Game, Ron Jaworski recalls an encounter he had with Moore and Jon Gruden. Jaworski writes,

As we watched, we were surprised to see Manning taking virtually all the reps in the session.  Jon [Gruden] asked Tom [Moore, the Colts offensive coordinator,] why he wasn’t giving some snaps to Peyton’s backups…He looked at us both in the eye, paused for a moment, then said in that gravelly voice of his, “Fellas, if ‘18’ goes down, we’re f**ked.  And we don’t practice f**ked.”

It’s truly an interesting story, and it speaks volumes about how valuable Manning was. If he went down, the team was down and out of it.

Manning’s regular season stats speak to this as well. He won the most MVPs in history with 5, and he holds the greatest single season by an NFL quarterback. In 2013, Manning passed for 5,477 yards and 55 touchdowns, records that stand to this day.

He was a genius, and he finished his career with two Super Bowl wins to top it off. If there was ever a debate about who the greatest regular season quarterback was, it’s Manning by a mile, and he’s also one of the top 3-5 quarterbacks in history, overall.

Manning’s Value Was Shown in the Colts’ 2011 Season

Unfortunately for Manning, he had to deal with some serious injury problems over his career. In 2011, Manning underwent surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck, but after suffering a setback, he faced another herniated disk injury and had to undergo surgery again.

As a result, he had no strength in his arm, and he missed the entire 2011-12 season. Now, Manning’s rookie year was bad as the team limped to a 3-13 record, but in the next 12 seasons, Manning led the Colts to 10+ wins 11 times. The 2011-12 season was a disaster for the Colts.

Kerry Collins and Curtis Painter started at quarterback for the team as they dropped down to a 2-14 record. It was terrible, and it showed the kind of impact Manning had year in and year out.

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