Is Peyton Manning a Colt in 2012

     With Peyton Manning due to be payed a lot of money on Thursday March 8th will he be staying with the Colts?  If a decision is not made by Thursday the Colts have until Sunday to restructure his contract release him or pay him the money.  With the Colts having the first pick of the draft it is expected they draft Andrew Luck and possibly Robert Griffin III.  It wouldn't make sense for the Colts to be paying $50 million to two players at the same position when only one is going to be playing.  The least likely situation is that they pay Peyton Manning the money people expect that he will be moving on while their is the chance he restructure his contract.  If Peyton Manning is released then he will be the highest profile free agent this offseason and possibly in the history of the league.  If he becomes a free agent where will Peyton Manning be playing next year?  While obviously many teams are interested some teams that have been mentioned are Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks. While obviously only one team would be able to get Manning some teams would be more interested than others.  Teams like the New York Jets wouldn't necessarily need a starting quarterback but would possibly like an upgrade.  Teams like the Bills, Dolphins, Redskins and others are in need of a quarterback and may show more interest.  Manning has been working out at Duke University throwing the ball hard and looks to be making progress and getting back to the old Peyton Manning.  If Manning were to go to a team in the AFC East it could cause some interesting games having to play Tom Brady two a year every year it would also make it very hard for other teams to succeed.  It has been said that he could end up going to a team like the Redskins with a veteran coach and a established system.  However this situation works out it will no doubt be interesting.