Even Peyton Manning felt that the Indianapolis Colts could not pass up the opportunity to draft Andrew Luck. Manning, a four-time NFL MVP who led Indianapolis to 11 postseason appearances and a Super Bowl championship, advised the Colts to select Luck with the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft, team owner Jim Irsay said during an interview with USA Today Sports. At the time of the conversation, Manning was recovering from fusion surgery on his neck and the Colts were attempting to rebound from a 2-14 season. "[Manning] said, 'You've got to take Andrew,' " Irsay told USA Today Sports. " 'You have to. You're crazy if you don't.' " Former Colts coach Tony Dungy said during a conference call Tuesday that Irsay's decision wasn't a "no-brainer." "I can almost guarantee you if [Irsay] knew [Manning] was going to be healthy like this, and playing this kind of football, in hindsight, I don't think he would have done it," Dungy said during the conference call, according to The Indianapolis Star. "He knew all the factors. ... Jim also had a great deal of loyalty," Dungy said. "Jim was a young boy when his dad [Robert] traded Johnny Unitas, so he knew the ramifications of those types of decisions. And he also knew how much Peyton had done for the city of Indianapolis, for that franchise." Read more http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9...apolis-colts-draft-andrew-luck-jim-irsay-says
