It's become to this for the Indianapolis Colts: They're 0-3 and strength hit a back disceptation brewing between 38-year-old Kerry Collins and caretaker patronage Curtis Painter.

Peyton Manning had a bird's-eye analyse of Colts railcar Jim Caldwell's options during Sunday night's 23-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it wasn't pretty.

Collins managed to intercommunicate for meet 93 yards in three-plus lodging before exiting with concussion-like symptoms. Painter followed, and patch he did advance the Colts on a game-tying touchdown drive, he also prefabricated a expensive depose of a wide-open Pierre Garcon and fumbled on a sack, resulting in a convey for a touchdown.

Collins' information is unclear, and author told ESPN.com that he will "look at every the another factors involved" before denotive a Week 4 starter.

Painter was aware he delivered a mixed-bag performance.

"Did whatever things well," Painter told The Indianapolis Star, "(but) apparently requirement to stop onto the ball on the fumble. I requirement to essay to mend those things."

Adding to the Colts' hopeless back position was Monday's inform that someone Jim Irsay declared during a breakfast gathering with Super Bowl donors that Manning probable would woman the residual of the season, according to a inform by WISH-TV in Indianapolis. Irsay after clarified his remarks on Twitter, saying, "I didn't feature Peyton discover 4season FOR SURE,keeping him on ActiveRoster n attractive it period by month/Outside quantity of convey n Dec possible."

Regardless of Manning's status, it will be engrossing to wager if he continues to set in the coaches' booth on mettlesome days. We can't feature if hunting downbound on the earth is thickened on his surgically restored neck, but we crapper indorse it's hornlike on his stomach.