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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peyton Manning met with new Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson last week and was informed that team owner Jim Irsay would make the final decision on the quarterback's future with the franchise, according to the Indianapolis Star.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201COne thing he (Grigson) kind-of, sort-of told me, without really wanting to tell me, was that Irsay will be the guy I\u2019m going to sit down and talk with,\u2019\u2019 Manning told the Star in an itnerview. \u201CThat\u2019s going to happen at some point, but we haven\u2019t had that conversation yet because we really don\u2019t need to have that conversation yet.\u2019\u2019&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manning also laughed off the strange report of his retirement by actor Rob Lowe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI never thought `Sodapop Curtis\u2019 would announce my retirement,\u2019\u2019 Manning said, laughing.\u2019\u2019 \u201CI always thought I would be the one to announce it. I\u2019m a huge fan of the movie, but that caught me way off guard. I can\u2019t explain it. I know he (Lowe) is a friend of Jim\u2019s (Irsay), and Jim sounded surprised.\u2019\u2019\nManning missed the entirety of the 2011 NFL season after undergoing neck surgery. As a result, the Colts went just 2-14 after finishing 2010 with a 10-6 record. It is currently unknown whether the franchise will make the decision to rebuild with, or without Manning.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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