It’s RG3 if you ask me!

Passing on 'RG3' as the No. 1
overall NFL Draft pick could be an
epic mistake for the Indianapolis Colts. 

Okay EyeOn Sports football lovers, I know Stanford’s Andrew Luck has been deemed the consensus overall No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft for at least the last two seasons, but for me, I’d take Baylor’s Heisman Trophy-winning Robert Griffin III, the aptly nicknamed, RG!

While I do believe that Luck is the more, NFL-ready quarterback right now – and one that should go on to have a very productive career, passing on Griffin III could be a mistake of epic proportions, particularly seeing how important it is to have a mobile quarterback in today’s high-speed, high-impact era.

Eye On Sports would take Heisman Trophy winner
Robert Griffin III with the No. 1 overall draft pick.

What makes RG3 even more attractive to me – and many NFL folks around the league – is the stunning success that Carolina Panthers phenom Cam Newton unfurled in his very first season in the league.

Not only that, but Griffin is also known as a studious kind of guy that loves learning and has a work ethic that is second to none, questions that critics tried to put on Newton prior to last year’s NFL Draft.

Like Newton, Griffin genuinely believes e should be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft and made that fact very clear at last week’s Super Bowl media functions.

Call me crazy, gridiron gang, but if I were running the Indianapolis Colts, I’d take Robert Griffin III with the top overall pick in a heartbeat!

Jim Irsay is Certifiably Nuts!

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has already jettisoned
former chairman Bill Polian. Is 'franchise' quarterback Peyton
Manning next to go? 

Maybe it’s me, but I’m still trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with ‘certifiably nuts’ Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.

First Irsay surprises everyone around the league – and on his own team by firing longtime vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, GM Chris Polian. While I certainly agree with his firing of head coach Jim Caldwell, I don’t think getting rid of his entire staff was the brightest idea, particularly if there was one or two assistant that deserved to be kept on board.

Next, Irsay surprises again by hiring Balimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to be the team’s new head coach, though I did like Irsay’s hiring of Ryan Grigson as the team’s new GM.

Now, Irsay is bad-mouthing ‘franchise’ quarterback Peyton Manning in the media – when everyone knows he’s going to part ways with the man that out his franchise back on the map before giving him the $28 million dollar bonus he is due in March.

I’m just going to say that what goes around comes around – and if Irsay doesn’t know that karma’s a b**ch, then I suspect he’s going to find out at some point in the very near future, even if the Colts do draft gifted quarterback Andrew Luck with the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2012 NFL Draft.

Better Late Than Never Indy!

The Indianapolis Colts finally got something right Eye On Sports NFL fans!

Indy finally fired coach Jim Caldwell this past Tuesday, but what I’m still trying to figure out is why it took so long.

The way the Colts completely fell apart – on both sides of the ball – after losing starting quarterback Peyton Manning for the season and personally, I thought Caldwell should have been given the axe by midseason.

Oh well, better late than never I guess.

RG3 to Indy?

Prior to Jim Irsay’s strange move to fire knowledgeable GM Bill Polian and his son Chris as part of a ‘rebuilding’ campaign, the Colts’ organization seemed to be leaning toward taking Heisman Trophy-winning Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, the aptly named RG3.

Now, with a new GM apparently on the way and the Colts’ draft plans undoubtedly up in the air, no one knows what the Colts are going to do with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft.

While former Stanford star Andrew Luck is clearly the most NFL-ready college quarterback in the country, I’m going on record right now to say the Colts should draft griffin II instead of Luck, while holding on to Peyton Manning for a couple of more seasons while he helps groom the highly athletic Griffin into an NFL quarterback.

 Maybe it’s me, but I’m thinking Griffin would be an absolute terror for defensive coordinators everywhere after learning how to succeed as a passer in the NFL and combining that with his well-documented fleet feet!

Lunacy Leading Colts?

If I’ve said it once this season, I’ve said it a thousand times … the Indianapolis Colts have taken on the role of arguably the league’s strangest franchise this season.

First Jim Caldwell shows all of America that he’s clueless without Peyton Manning while the team’s defense acts like its non-existent because Manning can’t play.

Now, after dropping 13 straight games, the Colts want to play ‘hard’ and win their last two contests, thereby, putting themselves in jeopardy of not getting the No. 1 draft pick – and the right to select overall consensus No.1 pick, quarterback Andrew Luck.

Hmmm, let’s see. The last time the Colts had the No. 1 overall pick, they added future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning. Now, they don’t care if they get the top overall pick?

Talk about lunacy out of the front office, poor head coaching and a lack of effort until recently – and you must be talking about the 2011 version of the Indianapolis Colts.

More Manning Madness!

The news out of Indianapolis on Thursday was that Colts quarterback Peyton Manning’s neck fusion surgery has gone quite well and that the beloved signal-caller is now increasing his workout load. I’ve got one question though, with the 2011 season totally lost, why even bother?