Peyton Manning should be safe for another year. The Colts beat the free agent clock to re-sign center Jeff Saturday to a three-year deal. The move keeps the Colts' line together for the 2009 season, but more importantly it brings back the man who makes all the line calls and anchors the center of the line.In his 10-year career, Saturday has allowed only 7.25 sacks and nine penalties according to Stats Inc. Manning's quick release does help Saturday's sack stats, but his presence is vital to the Colts' line, something they found out when he missed four games last year thanks to a knee injury.
The terms of the deal haven't been disclosed. The Colts don't have much cap room, but after keeping Kelvin Hayden and Saturday, they have already had a pretty successful offseason.
Saturday's agent Ralph Cindrich had been very vocal about Saturday's desire to play in Pittsburgh, but that appears to have been some clever agent work to help drive up the price.




