Manning to miss training camp, still to recover from neck surgery

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 11:19 am , filed under NFL News by Bill Gerber

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Peyton Manning, who is still recovering from neck surgery during this offseason, reportedly will not be ready for the start of training camp.

The Indianapolis Star, close sources of quarterback’s citing the health situation said that Manning will not be ready to participate with the rest of his Indianapolis Colts teammates on July 31. The Indianapolis are planning to have training camp after lockout which is scheduled to begin camp in Anderson.

Manning is rehabbing from his second neck-related surgery in 15 months. The two surgeries the quarterback underwent were different from one another procedures and not related. Peyton Manning said that the March 2010 surgery eradicated a buildup of calcium in his neck; this year’s surgery corrected a disk problem.

The 35-year-old NFL star Manning received the Colts’ franchise tag in February after completing a seven-year with $98 million deal. He has not signed the tender, but the franchise have said they planned to offer a deal which would make him the highest-paid quarterback once the league’s labor issues were resolved.

Peyton Manning is a four-time NFL MVP, has played in 208 consecutive regular-season games. In 13 seasons, he has broken all of the franchise’s career records for quarterbacks and has never missed a start. Manning has taken the Colts to the playoffs 11 times, captured seven AFC South titles in eight years, won two AFC championships, one Super Bowl title and a Super Bowl MVP award.

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