My question is, do the Colts release Manning, and pick Luck? — easi-lee, West Orange, N.J.
Andrew Luck Stanford, senior quarterback After deciding to return to Stanford this season despite being projected as a high N.F.L. draft pick, Luck immediately became the Heisman favorite, a distinction he held for much of the year.
The new management must decide whether to bank on Manning's recovery and perhaps rebuilding the rest of the team's many needs, or picking Luck and starting fresh with a new quarterback.
They have the first pick, and Luck is pretty much the pick.
He could have been in last year's class, and might have been the third overall pick behind Luck and Griffin.
Ideal pick (after Luck): Luke Kuechly, linebacker, Boston College JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (seventh over all, seven total picks) Needs: Wide receiver, wide receiver, center No Jaguars player gained more than 460 yards receiving in 2011.
The Colts, who were implored by some fans to preserve their draft position by tanking games, were in danger of missing out on the first pick and Luck because they won two straight games last month.
"He is the best pick almost by luck of the draw," Mr. Pullen said of Mr. McCain in an interview at the party's headquarters here.
Sound of (launched in 2003), Critics' Choice (2008) and the others sift through the endless churn of new faces and, with luck, pick some of the best.
Extra point If Manning proves to be healthy, should the Colts trade him, trade the No. 1 pick or take Luck and have him work as Manning's understudy for a year or two?
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