JMV: Well, honestly, things what Ive heard are most recently theres not the clearest of visions and/or paths right now, which would have to worry people that would think that a change should and will be made, and this is what I get a lot, and I dont know if you are as well: how much do you think he would really like to bring Peyton Manning back in some type of organizational position here, because listen, these things are too strong for them all to be wrong here.
Kravitz: Yeah. I think a whole lot.
JMV: I do too.
Kravitz: I think a whole lot. And again, let me preface this by saying I dont know for sure. But it would not shock me if Peyton Manning came back on the white horse. It wouldnt shock me to find out later on down the line that Jim has been putting the full court press on him. Yeah, it wouldnt surprise me in the least, because thats one of the things thats come across my desk.
JMV: Clearly youve heard the stories of the reunion weekend and the late night conversations about this that are leading us down this particular path.
Kravitz: Yeah. Yeah. That, yeah, theres a lot of stuff going on. And another guy to keep your eye on, and again these guys are still employed so I feel a little weird talking about it, but Jon Gruden, who I know always comes up every year for every opening, has made it very, very clear that the one quarterback hed be interested in coming back for is Andrew Luck.
JMV: Thats true.
Kravitz: So I would not rule him out completely, but Im hearing a lot of the Peyton stuff too, but nothing solid.
JMV: What do you think about that idea? Lets just say, hypothetically, thats it. Lets just say hypothetically hed be willing not to take ownership, part ownership, of a team moving forward and take a decision-making job organizationally in some capacity, how would you feel about that?
Kravitz: Well I think its risky, but I think its high risk, high reward. I think, look, the guy is brilliant when it comes to football and hes got the beautiful mind when it comes to the game, and I think that he would learn very quickly. But one of the things with John Elway - and believe me, Peyton Manning would love to get over on John Elway in this capacity but John Elway was the general manager of the Denver AFL team for a little while, so he had some experience in scouting and dealing with salary caps and things like that. But I think if Peyton were to come back he would surround himself with a lot of people who have been in the business, who know the ropes, and could show him the ropes. So what the heck, weve got a president-elect with no experience in politics, so why not a general manager, right? What the hell? Its only a football team!
JMV: Umm
yeah. I
Kravitz: Threw you for a loop there, didnt I?
JMV: Yeah, and thats fine too, I need to be thrown for a loop I think the full court press is on for that right now, and thats what leads me to this, because I didnt buy that, even with what Ive been told I really didnt buy that that is going to be the case. It seems like you better have a really lofty plan B in this case if youre spending so much time as we believe, as we would think or been told he might be on Plan A, if you know what I mean
