While appearing on ESPN's NFL Live, Colts' Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning reflected on Jim Irsay's legacy and the shift that the city of Indianapolis made into being a "football town."
"When I got there, Indiana basketball, [auto] racing, the Indy 500 -- that was it," Manning said via ESPN. "I think football was the third sport. Maybe not. Golf might've been in there. And all of a sudden, because of the commitment Jim made to winning ... he goes out and hires Bill Polian, who had rebuilt the Buffalo Bills, had started the Carolina Panthers as a new franchise, takes them to the NFC Championship [Game], then he drafts Edgerrin James, obviously re-signs Marvin Harrison, who's already there.