The Facts:
Following up on
the ongoing story. ... Colts owner Jim Irsay wants a new franchise QB, regardless of what happens with the old franchise QB. In an interview with ESPN's Hannah Storm, Irsay was asked if the Colts could pass up a new franchise QB, and he answered, "I don't see that."
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Irsay said he knows from personal experience with Peyton Manning that if you have a chance to draft a great QB first overall you take it. And PFT's Michael David Smith reports the owner sounded like a man who already knows he's drafting a QB and needs to decide only whether that QB will be Stanford's Andrew Luck or Baylor's Robert Griffin III. "With Griffin and Luck and the way it's shaping up at the top of the draft - could very likely go one and two like with Peyton and Ryan Leaf," Irsay said. "It's most likely one of those quarterbacks that you really feel is the best player in the draft, and where we're at moving forward you can't pass that up. I don't think anyone would expect that." And according to Irsay, the Colts want Luck or Griffin first overall regardless of whether Manning's neck injury will prevent him from playing football in 2012. The Colts have said they'll wait at least another month to continue to see how Manning's neck injury progresses, but when asked if his feelings on drafting a quarterback would be different if Manning were healthy, Irsay said, "I don't think it would."
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