When Brett Favre and the went through a rocky divorce back in 2008, described the situation as one that had "." Matt Barkley Jersey Although 's exit from Indianapolis never reached those levels of acrimony in the public eye, NFL Media columnist Michael Silver reported this week, via sources familiar with the situation, that a string of internal power struggles left fi sures in the organization by the time owner Jim Irsay declined to pick up the quarterback's $28 million option bonus.Sidelined by ongoing neck troubles in a lost season, per Silver, a noodle-armed Manning pushed for a return to the field solely as a red-zone specialist for a seemingly meaningle s Week 16 game versus the .Team president Bill Polian put the decision in the hands of Irsay, who recently revealed to Silver in an August interview that "" by the time he put the kibosh on Manning's return.Once Irsay took control, cleaning out a front office built by Polian, Manning complained that he was "."Much like general manager Ted Thompson's decision between Favre and , Irsay acknowledges the choice to pa s the torch to was painstaking."It wasn't as easy (as people think)," Irsay told Silver. "Because people debated Luck and Griffin, and then people also said, 'Should you be taking Luck? Can't you reorganize the team around Peyton?'"To the credit of Irsay and Manning, the ill feelings of the moment never oozed to the surface in the form of a drawn-out soap opera."It worked out like Peyton and I both hoped, and how everyone hoped," Irsay said. "He found a team that was outstanding and was able to have his greatest season and all those things. And we were able, with Ryan (Grigson) and Chuck (Pagano) and , to be able to have a winning season and a playoff season so quickly, and we've built on that and now get to embrace some big expectations. It's really beautiful."Irsay understands the decision "changed the whole dynamic of the league."When he on Friday, Irsay will be that there will be no return to the unle s his golden-boy quarterback knocks off his discarded quarterback in January.The latest recaps the ' win over the and previews every other Week 6 game. Find more Around The NFL content on . Malik Willis Jersey