While the Colts expect Peyton Manning to return later this season or next, vice chairman Bill Polian is already contemplating the quarterback's heir. "Peyton's at the age now where he recognizes and we recognize that his career is in the homestretch," Polian said on his weekly radio show. "While we fully expect he'll be back and we fully expect he'll be with us next year, it is time that we give the quarterback position some serious consideration. We do that every year. The question is what pick do you use on a quarterback and how do you structure the contract and that sort of thing." Manning is expected to miss at least two months and possibly the entire season after having surgery Thursday to fuse two bones together in his neck.