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Colts’ Manning Upbeat About Health, Waits to Talk to Irsay

Indi­anapo­lis Colts quar­ter­back Pey­ton Man­ning said Tues­day he has no plans to retire and that his recov­ery from neck surgery is on schedule.

Man­ning told a group of reporters Tues­day he doesn’t plan to stop play­ing and that his recov­ery from a third neck surgery con­tin­ues to be on schedule.

“My plan hasn’t changed,” Man­ning said at a hotel after Media Day at Lucas Oil Sta­dium. “I’m on track with what the doc­tors have told me to do, and I’m doing
that. I’m rehab­bing hard.”

When asked about reports he may soon retire, he said that talk is pre­ma­ture: “I have no plans on doing that.”

There has been ram­pant spec­u­la­tion about his recov­ery, the poten­tial risks of a return, whether the Colts will pay Man­ning a $ 28 mil­lion ros­ter bonus in early March to pre­vent him from becom­ing a free agent or whether the soon-to-be 36-year-old might quit playing.

Man­ning did say dur­ing a taped inter­view with ESPN Tues­day that he likely will meet with Colts owner Jim Irsay soon to dis­cuss his future with the team. But Man­ning said it was too soon to tell how his predica­ment would be resolved.

“That’s hard for me to answer,” Man­ning told ESPN. “We will (talk) at the appro­pri­ate time, and some deci­sions will be made after that. … It will hap­pen soon.”

It’s been a tumul­tuous month for the Colts, and Manning’s future con­tin­ues to cast a shadow over this week’s Super Bowl, the first in Indi­anapo­lis. The shadow of Manning’s unknown future doesn’t show signs of going away any­time soon, though he wishes he wasn’t such a distraction.

“I can’t explain it,” Man­ning told ESPN. “It’s not the way it should be. I really don’t think it will be as the week goes on.

“If other peo­ple want to talk about things, that’s their prerogative.”

Most of the Patri­ots and Giants said they’re not pay­ing atten­tion to spec­u­la­tion that Manning’s career could be over, but it’s a dif­fi­cult topic to avoid.

Giants quar­ter­back Eli Man­ning said Tues­day he hoped to see his brother make a come­back as a mem­ber of the Colts.

Cooper Man­ning, Peyton’s other brother, told NFL Network’s Albert Breer that Man­ning was deter­mined to return to play next sea­son. Pey­ton Man­ning sounded encour­aged about his recov­ery progress dur­ing the ESPN inter­view and said that every­thing doc­tors have told him about the process has been on point, sug­gest­ing he’s on schedule.

That update from Man­ning came despite a Yahoo! Sports report that said the nerves in his arm are not heal­ing in a way that would indi­cate he can come back to action.

After last week’s pub­lic spat between the Colts quar­ter­back and team owner Jim Irsay, the two issued a joint state­ment in hopes of tamp­ing down pub­lic­ity lead­ing up to the Super Bowl. Irsay has vowed that he won’t dis­cuss Man­ning this week to keep the focus on the Super Bowl.

NFL Net­work insider Jason La Can­fora reported last Sat­ur­day that the Colts decided weeks ago to move on with­out Manning.

The Asso­ci­ated Press con­tributed to this report

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