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Manning
getting close to a decision
March 13, 2012
MIAMI- As
Peyton Manning continues his free agency tour, a few teams have been
bounced
out of the tournament, whether of their own volition or not. Manning
apparently
had a very positive and productive visit with the Denver Broncos,
according to
Mike Klis of the Denver Post, and then, he wound his way down to
Arizona, where
he met with Cardinals officials, head coach Ken Whisenhunt, and
receiver Larry
Fitzgerald.
Manning is
now out of Arizona, having returned to his Florida home. There’s no
indication
whether he will meet with the Miami Dolphins, who are rumored to be
ready to
put on the full-court press, but Klis says in a very interesting report
that
Manning intends to make his decision by Tuesday -- that’s the starting
day of
the new league year and the point where teams can officially negotiate
with
non-released free agents.
Klis wrote
that Manning didn’t bring agent Tom Condon along on either visit, and
that
neither the Broncos nor the Cardinals have made official offers.
Manning
apparently chose to make these visits more informal so that he could
get a
better sense of what each team was really like without the potentially
adversarial aspect of money talk mucking things up. Manning was
apparently very
impressed with the Broncos organization after speaking with everyone in
the
front office, and the Cardinals countered Denver’s more informal
approach with
more of a “red-carpet treatment.”
Reports say if Manning signs with Denver,
Tim Tebow is gone.
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