Why did the Colts cut Peyton Manning?

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis.



The Colts compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference South division. Since the 2008 season, the Colts have played their games in Lucas Oil Stadium.

Indianapolis Colts



Indianapolis Colts play in the AFC South division with their head coach being  Frank Reich whiles their general manager happens to be Chris Ballard.

Mascots of the Colts happens to be Blue whiles the team stadium is at the Lucas Oil Stadium.

Why did the Colts cut Peyton Manning?

The colts cut Peyton Manning because it was very costly to keep both Luck and Manning as his $28 million roster bonus was due on March 8.

Colts Players

Active

Player # Pos HT WT Age Exp College

Mo Alie-Cox

81 TE 6-5 267 28 5 Virginia Commonwealth

Ben Banogu

52 DE 6-3 252 26 4 Texas Christian

Julian Blackmon

32 S 6-0 187 23 3 Utah

Rodrigo Blankenship

3 K 6-1 184 25 3 Georgia

Curtis Brooks

97 DT 6-2 287 24 R Cincinnati

Tony Brown

38 CB 6-0 198 27 4 Alabama

DeForest Buckner

99 DT 6-7 295 28 7 Oregon

Parris Campbell

1 WR 6-0 208 25 4 Ohio State

Anthony Chesley

47 CB 6-0 190 27 2 Coastal Carolina

Kameron Cline

92 DE 6-4 283 24 1 South Dakota

Jack Coan

3 QB 6-3 223 23 R Notre Dame

Keke Coutee

15 WR 5-11 180 25 4 Texas Tech

Byron Cowart

68 DT 6-3 300 26 3 Maryland

Bryan Cox

50 DE 6-3 270 28 5 Florida

Nick Cross

20 S 6-0 212 20 R Maryland

Marcel Dabo

42 DB 6-0 208 22 R Stuttgart

Trevor Denbow

43 S 5-10 208 N/A R SMU

JoJo Domann

57 LB 6-1 230 25 R Nebraska

Ashton Dulin

16 WR 6-1 215 25 4 Malone University

Sam Ehlinger

4 QB 6-1 222 23 2 Texas

Brandon Facyson

31 CB 6-2 197 27 5 Virginia Tech

Ethan Fernea

7 WR 5-11 195 N/A R UCLA

Dallis Flowers

30 CB 6-1 196 25 R Pittsburg State (KS)

Nick Foles

9 QB 6-6 243 33 11 Arizona

Isaiah Ford

6 WR 6-2 195 26 5 Virginia Tech

Zaire Franklin

44 LB 6-0 235 26 5 Syracuse

Wesley French

62 C 6-4 307 26 R Western Michigan

Will Fries

75 G/T 6-6 309 24 2 Penn State

Stephon Gilmore

5 CB 6-0 190 31 11 South Carolina

Kylen Granson

83 TE 6-2 242 24 2 SMU

DeMichael Harris

12 WR 5-8 178 24 2 Southern Mississippi

Nyheim Hines

21 RB 5-9 196 25 5 North Carolina State

John Hurst

9 WR 6-2 190 N/A R West Georgia

Deon Jackson

35 RB 6-0 218 23 2 Duke

Michael Jacobson

80 TE 6-7 244 25 1 Iowa State

Eric Johnson

93 DT 6-4 299 24 R Missouri State

Nikola Kalinic

48 TE 6-4 245 25 1 York (Canada)

Dennis Kelly

73 T 6-8 321 32 11 Purdue

Ryan Kelly

78 C 6-4 307 29 7 Alabama

Brandon Kemp

66 T 6-7 310 25 2 Valdosta State

Brandon King

36 LB 6-2 220 29 8 Auburn

Shaquille Leonard

53 LB 6-2 230 27 5 South Carolina State

Tyquan Lewis

94 DE 6-3 277 27 5 Ohio State

Phillip Lindsay

30 RB 5-8 190 28 5 Colorado

R.J. McIntosh

96 DT 6-4 293 26 4 Miami

Rodney McLeod

26 S 5-10 183 32 11 Virginia

Kenny Moore II

23 CB 5-9 190 26 6 Valdosta State

Jordan Murray

71 T 6-9 325 25 1 North Texas

Alexander Myres

41 CB 5-11 192 26 1 Houston

Samson Nacua

86 WR 6-3 206 24 R BYU

Quenton Nelson

56 G 6-5 330 26 5 Notre Dame

Yannick Ngakoue

91 DE 6-2 246 27 7 Maryland

Carter O’Donnell

61 T 6-5 313 23 1 Alberta (Canada)

Ifeadi Odenigbo

59 DE 6-3 258 28 5 Northwestern

Dayo Odeyingbo

54 DE 6-6 276 22 2 Vanderbilt

Andrew Ogletree

85 TE 6-5 260 24 R Youngstown State

Bobby Okereke

58 LB 6-1 235 26 4 Stanford

Dezmon Patmon

10 WR 6-4 225 24 3 Washington State

Kwity Paye

51 DE 6-2 261 23 2 Michigan

Alec Pierce

14 WR 6-3 211 22 R Cincinnati

Danny Pinter

63 G 6-4 306 26 3 Ball State

Michael Pittman Jr.

11 WR 6-4 223 24 3 USC

D’vonte Price

27 RB 6-1 210 23 R Florida International

Matt Pryor

69 T 6-7 332 27 5 TCU

Bernhard Raimann

79 T 6-6 303 24 R Central Michigan

Will Redmond

29 CB 6-0 186 28 7 Mississippi State

Luke Rhodes

46 LS 6-2 238 29 6 William & Mary

Forrest Rhyne

49 LB 6-1 233 23 R Villanova

Isaiah Rodgers

34 CB 5-10 170 24 3 Massachusetts

Matt Ryan

2 QB 6-4 220 37 15 Boston College

Rigoberto Sanchez

8 P 6-0 195 27 6 Hawaii

Josh Seltzner

60 G 6-4 309 N/A R Wisconsin

James Skalski

48 LB 6-0 228 24 R Clemson

Braden Smith

72 T 6-6 315 26 5 Auburn

E.J. Speed

45 LB 6-3 224 27 4 Tarleton State

Jason Spriggs

76 T 6-6 301 28 7 Indiana

Grover Stewart

90 DT 6-4 315 28 6 Albany State (Ga.)

Mike Strachan

17 WR 6-5 224 24 2 Charleston

Jonathan Taylor

28 RB 5-10 226 23 3 Wisconsin

Marvell Tell III

39 CB 6-2 195 26 2 Southern California

Rodney Thomas II

25 DB 6-1 196 24 R Yale

Ryan Van Demark

74 T 6-6 307 24 R Connecticut

CJ Verdell

42 RB 5-8 211 22 R Oregon

Jake Verity

6 K 6-2 197 24 1 East Carolina

Armani Watts

33 S 5-11 205 26 5 Texas A&M

Sterling Weatherford

55 LB 6-4 224 23 R Miami (Ohio)

Chris Wilcox

40 CB 6-2 195 24 1 BYU

Chris Williams

95 DT 6-2 302 N/A R Wagner

Ty’Son Williams

43 RB 6-0 220 25 2 BYU

Jelani Woods

80 TE 6-7 253 23 R Virginia

Michael Young Jr.

84 WR 5-10 190 N/A R Cincinnati

Reserve/Retired

Player # Pos HT WT Age Exp College

Khari Willis

37 S 5-11 213 N/A 4 Michigan State