It is so sad and so hard to write it again, but it's true: Quarterback Peyton Manning is done in Indianapolis.
After listening to Manning on Monday night, after listening to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay characterize Manning on Thursday as "a politician" who should keep his concerns "in house," there's no other conclusion to be reached by a sane, sober human being: Manning's days in Indianapolis are over, and they have been over for quite some time. On a day when the introduction of Chuck Pagano as the Colts coach should have been the story, Irsay stole the headlines.
What matters now is for this once-beautiful relationship, which brought so much success and joy to Central Indiana, to stop deteriorating and to start moving forward in a more appropriate...
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