The Facts: With everything happening today, HC Ken Whisenhunt released a statement in regards to Peyton Manning and Kevin Kolb. “Regarding today’s developments and our quarterback position, acquiring Peyton Manning is no longer an option for us. Since the end of last season we made it very clear that our plan was to head into 2012 with Kevin Kolb and John Skelton, let the process play out and -- like at every position -- go with the QB who gives us the best chance to win."

Diehards Line:Whisenhunt continued: “Obviously something very unique and unexpected presented itself. We’ve said it many times: if there’s an opportunity to make our team better we’ll explore it; we view the potential of adding a first-ballot Hall of Fame QB as one of those. The organization quickly put together an aggressive plan to go after it. We’re proud of that and feel very strongly about what we have to offer as a team and as an organization. In the end it didn’t work out but from our perspective it was very positive and we certainly don’t have any regrets about it. ... We sit here today in the same spot we were heading into the offseason. That’s with two experienced QBs who have both demonstrated positive things in the past and who we feel good about. ...” Just not as good as they would have felt with Manning. As previously noted, Kolb will get his $7 million bonus this weekend and will have a full offseason to prepare to battle Skelton for the starting job.