Posted by Ryan Wilson

Training camps might be days away for NFL players, but Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, one of the named plaintiffs in the Brady v. the NFL lawsuit, won't be healthy enough to participate, at least initially.

A source tells the Indianapolis Star's Bob Kravitz that Manning isn't fully recovered from surgery on a disk in his neck and "there's no way of knowing how much time he might miss." Kravitz adds: "It could be a week. It could be a couple of weeks. Or even most, or all, of training camp." He also notes that Manning "had recurring neck problems throughout the '10 season."

At first glance, there's nothing to see here beyond the news that Manning has been dealing with this injury for some time. But Houston Texans blogger and friend of the Eye on Football blog Stephanie Stradley raised an interesting point on Twitter Wednesday afternoon:

"So P Manning had neck issues throughout '10, tons of Colts on injury report, but never Manning? Hmmm."

For good measure, Stephanie linked to the Colts' 2010 weekly injury report.

The issue: If the Colts knew Manning was injured, why didn't they put him on the injury report? And more than that, should they be disciplined by the league for it?

PFT's Michael David Smith writes that "we get the sense sometimes that injury report shenanigans are so widespread in the NFL that hardly anyone cares about them anymore, but as long as the rules on reporting injuries are in place, we’re puzzled why Manning’s neck went unreported all season long."

The other side of this coin? Bill Belichick listing Tom Brady on every injury report all season long. In both instances, it's obfuscating the truth, just from different angles.

Whether the NFL decides to do something about it is another story. We suspect it's not particularly high on the to-do list, partly because everyone's focused on a new CBA, but also because we're not convinced there's a competitive advantage to teams fudging their injury reports.

Clearly, this is a job for Mike Tahoe and CJ Hunter.

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