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If I were Manning I would have to go to Denver. This division is the most-dysfunctional in the NFL. One team fired a coach it should have kept and has virtually no draft picks next month, one team kept a coach it should have fired and lost key members of its offense in free agency, the third team is probably stuck playing its ineffective qb after making it known it was looking for an upgrade. While the third team is finally making a splash in free agency, the potency of its offense is in doubt as major cogs in the offense are coming back from ACLs.
I think Peyton thinks that unless one of these organizations "get their act together" winning the division and probably getting a bye won't be a problem. (I kinda think Elway want the Broncos to be like NE where winning the AFCE year-in and year-out is a given because in the most part b/c of the superiority at QB, leaving the team to concentrate during the season on getting the # 1 seed. Getting Manning gives Elway 3-4 years to find the right QB long-term.)
When you take these factors into account plus you wouldn't have to beat your little bro to go to the SB unfortunately, as a Chiefs fan, Denver was the only choice for Manning.
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