Peyton Manning sounded like he might not be able to return to playing football when talking to the media last week, but the longtime Indianapolis Colts quarterback was cleared to play on Friday. The big news now will likely be which team he'll be suiting up for next season.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter were the first to break the news:
Peyton Manning has been medically cleared by two doctors, including Dr. Robert Watkins, who performed the most recent surgery on the Indianapolis Colts quarterback's neck, to resume his NFL career, sources told Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter of ESPN.
That report is certainly encouraging, but it goes directly against the grain of a Yahoo! Sports report from earlier in the week:
The nerves in Manning's arm are not healing as quickly as hoped and, worse, don't appear to be progressing at enough of a rate to indicate that he will play again, according to two sources with knowledge of Manning's rehabilitation from neck surgery.
It would seems that ESPN's report is going to be accurate considering they confirmed with a pair of doctors. This news is likely going to be heavily scrutinized regardless, however, as the Colts don't have long to decide whether they're going to pay Manning the $28 million roster bonus he's due in March.
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