Colts are looking for ways to approach contract with QB Manning

In order to keep the team’s promise of giving starting quarterback Peyton Manning a most lucrative contract in the league, the Indianapolis Colts are reportedly looking for effective method to work out the deal in an uncapped NFL year. Colts team president Bill Polian told reporters that the team will make everything clear before the current contract expires.

"What we don't know is what the system is going forward," Polian told Boston radio station WEEI's Rob Bradford Saturday night at Fenway Park in Boston, as reported by the BostonHerald.com's Rap Sheet blog. "It makes it really difficult working out a deal that makes sense for everybody because you don't know what the (salary) cap will be, what the ramifications are, how things count. All of that makes it a little difficult. We've been going slowly along with (Manning's agent) Tom Condon because we're trying to formulate some things that will fit no matter what the system is."

Manning received the promise before the Super Bowl XLIV loss to the New Orleans Saints, and the attention he attracted by winning a fourth MVP title immediately decreased after the loss. During this offseason, most people are talking about whether Drew Brees could lead the Saints to another post season win and how Brett Favre could change the new season by wearing back his Brett Favre jersey. I guess Manning may have to win the Super Bowl XLV to get his deal done with the Colts.