Manning said he never spoke directly with anyone from the Jets before or after they fired Mike Maccagnan this month Devin Singletary Jersey , but he did have conversations with ESPN about joining the booth after Jason Witten decided to return to the Cowboys. Manning turned down their overtures, which leaves Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland as the announcing team.“I talked to the folks,” Manning said, via Ryan O’Halloran of the . “I enjoyed talking to the them. I had great conversation. It wasn’t the right time this year. Maybe it will never be.”Manning didn’t expand on why this year wasn’t the right time for him to take on a broadcasting role, but the answer suggests it’s something he might be open to doing in the future. Many believe that’s also the case for a job running football operations for a team Kyler Murray Jersey , so it seems likely that Manning’s going to continue to be around the NFL in a significant way whichever path he chooses to follow in the future. As former Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Chris Ballard attended Edwin Jackson’s funeral in Atlanta on Monday, team owner Jim Irsay announced he was donating $25,000 to establish the Edwin Jackson Memorial Scholarship in memory of the former linebacker.

Jackson and his Uber driver, Jeffrey Monroe, were both killed in a traffic accident Feb. 4.

Irsay issued a statement Monday calling Jackson a ”wonderful young man” who is already missed and that he wants to honor Jackson’s memory http://www.billscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-dawson-knox-jersey , determination, work ethic and character with the scholarship. He is working with Jackson’s family to establish guidelines for a scholarship that will be awarded annually.

It will be separate from other scholarships awarded by the Indianapolis Colts Foundation.

”That smile, that amazing smile – God he could light up a room,” Pagano wrote on Twitter, honoring Jackson. ”And the energy and passion and fire and juice and love and determination and drive and dedication seeped out of this young man.”

Ballard remembered Jackson as the guy who introduced himself every day after he first took the job last January http://www.giantsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dexter-lawrence-jersey , just so Ballard wouldn’t forget who he was.

But their relationship went even deeper.

”I started to ask Edwin: Where we going? What’s our next step?,” Ballard wrote on Twitter. ”And Edwin got a big, bright smile on his face and he talked about school and how we were going to finish, but he thought he had more to do; he had more to do in the league.”

Jackson was 26 years old.

Irsay also sent condolences again to Monroe’s family. Last week, Irsay offered to pay for the funerals of both men.

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Donations to the scholarship fund can be made online at