Send him out in style

Here’s hoping Howard Mudd gets the right send off

That happened to be the year the Colts spent the No. 1 pick in the draft on Peyton Manning. Mudd said he’s pleased to have played any small part in the career of the quarterback, a player his unit has made sure is rarely on the ground. (Ryan McCrystal of ESPN Stats & Information tells me that since sacks became an official stat in 1982, no one has endured more sacks than former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway with 516. At his current pace, Manning — who has suffered 215 sacks in 196 games — would break that record at some point during his 29th season in the league, just before his 50th birthday.)