TEMPE, Ariz. -- When the Indianapolis Colts drafted Peyton Manning first overall in the 1998 NFL draft, Kelly Holcomb understood what it meant.
Manning, who was the best quarterback in college football in 1997 at the University of Tennessee, was slated to be the starter before he arrived in Indiana. Holcomb knew the football politics of drafting Manning meant he’d be second on the depth chart.
“You understand,” Holcomb told ESPN. “That’s just the politics of the deal. You understand that’s the situation. When you’re the first pick of the draft, let’s be honest .