RUMOR: Peyton Manning to have 2nd neck surgery, IR likely

[pstall]

i had him as a keeper in one league but got Big Ben early on just in case.

[jasonluckydog]

Kerry Collins to the rescue, lol

[Reapuh]

A Colts source tells CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman that there is "potential" for Peyton Manning (neck) to miss 4-5 games "or more" to start the season.

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Sucks for them.

[Chaos]

Polian has refuted the second surgery rumor.

[Grammer]

well, they'll prob get luck next year, so its not the end of the world.

it would suck if this was the end of his career, i was really hoping he'd get the TD record

[KillerKat]

This is why I don't pick my fantasy team till the same weekend as week 1. I don't understand why others do it way before.

[BlanksKarma]

Who to trust?

Chris Mortenson a respected ESPN analyst or incarceratedbob a Tweeting Hack?

Decisions, decisions.

[Chimera]

I wonder if we can trade Clausen to them. Trade him in exchange for Hurney driving the Indy pace car for a lap.

[ladypanther]

Peyton Manning's back grew increasingly sore over the weekend, and even if that wasn't becoming a problem, he still hasn't made the kind of progress after summer neck surgery that makes him likely to play in Houston in six days. A radio report in Indianapolis said Manning was going to have another surgery to address his neck problem. President Bill Polian told me Sunday night: "I don't know anything about that. I honestly don't.''

My gut feeling is Manning misses the first start of his 14-year NFL career Sunday, and Kerry Collins starts.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/09/05/laborday/index.html#ixzz1X50dPSu2

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Manning, concerned over the slow healing from his May 23 surgery to repair a bulging disk in his neck, is being re-evaluated by several doctors. "No other procedure planned now," said Mortensen, via Twitter.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20110905/SPORTS03/109050318/Can-Colts-QB-Peyton-Manning-start-season-opener-

[Nicbsbll2]

New front runner in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes?

[setzer2030]

Schefter just said its not true. Good enough for me.

[FugginPoo]

This is part of Polians plan to land Andrew Luck as the replacement for Manning

[ed bell]

Surgery or not, the slow recovery is troubling....sounds like the throwing motion is reliant on full recovery, but that might be in doubt considering his progress to this point. His ability to make all his starts in his career may have overshadowed the trouble he is having with this injury.

[SOJA]

Neck injuries are scary