Owner expects to sign Peyton Manning

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    Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said Monday he still intends to make Peyton Manning the NFL's highest-paid player and he hopes to get something done in the next couple days.

    But he believes a salary cap of roughly $120 million in the first year of the new labor accord, smaller than the last cap in 2009, will complicate things.

    "To me this isn't about how much money I have to spend, because the money is going to be spent," Irsay said in a conference call with media who cover the Colts. "We're already up against the cap, we already have to do something to make adjustments."

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