Report of another Manning procedure not true?

We mentioned earlier that there was an ESPN 1070 report out there that Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning would need another procedure on his troublesome neck. Colts President Bill Polian said that he was not aware of such a procedure, but didn’t flat-out deny it.

Now, there is a report from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who says that at this time, Manning doesn’t need another surgery on his neck.

“Filed to ESPN from @mortreport: Peyton Manning is being revaluated [sic] by several doctors bc of slow progress. No other procedure planned now,” tweets his colleague Adam Schefter.

Keep in mind that Mortensen is wrong quite a bit. That’s not to say that he’s wrong here. We have no idea what to believe, other than Peyton isn’t 100% healthy. Even his mention of slow recovery means that it’s reasonable to assume that he won’t be ready for the start of the season.

But, how long will Peyton be out? The fact that the team signed Kerry Collins would indicate to us that they don’t think he’ll be ready soon.

We’ll keep following the reports, but who the hell knows right now?