Peyton Manning is remembering the “good old days” when he was on the field, and he spoke to the Indianapolis Star about his time with the Indianapolis Colts.
Scott Horner of the Star recalls the time that he spoke to Manning about getting around an old NFL rule when he did his first mini-camp with the Colts in 1998.
“They had me quarantined in a Signature Inn on 38th Street. I was not allowed to go outside. The blinds were drawn, and I learned the Colts offense in that Signature Inn, and I was ready to go at that minicamp.”
Manning went on to say that the Colts told him that he was the number one draft pick prior to that little stowaway episode. But to keep the suspense going, the team had jerseys with his name and Ryan Leaf's printed up as the number one pick.
In his first season with the team, set a then-NFL record for touchdown passes by a rookie with 26 (matched by Russell Wilson in 2012 and just surpassed by Baker Mayfield in 2018). But with all that, he still couldn't manage to win many games for the Colts in his rookie year. But even though the Colts only went 3-13 in Manning's rookie season, they went on to become one of the best teams in football over the next decade.
So, it more than paid off for the team in the long run.
Indianapolis would make the playoffs in 11 of the next 12 seasons with Manning as the quarterback.
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