Peyton Manning On Pace For 5,000 Yards, Completions Record As Colts Eye Playoffs

December 10, 2010   ·   Vincent Getz   ·   Jump to comments

When Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts walked off the field Sunday evening following their third straight loss, a chorus arose singing the possible end of the Colts' decade-long playoff run, and with it, the Manning era.
NFL Network claimed "there is no easy solution for the Colts," with "all" of their problems.  ESPN's Mark Schlereth said on Mike and Mike in the Morning that the Colts "will not make the playoffs." 
The Indianapolis Star was quick to point out that Manning "joins [Aaron] Brooks (2001), Brett Favre (1998) and Jim Kelly (1996) as the only QBs with at least three pickoffs in three consecutive games in the past 20 years." 
Bleacher Report asked if the Colts' quarterback was overrated. 
Hold your horses.
It's true that Manning and the Colts find themselves in unfamiliar territory. At 6-6, they have the most losses since 2002.  That year, though, and every year since, they made the playoffs.  You have to go bac...

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