KC gets a little love from Peter King

[BigRichard]

To bad it isn't going to help us land Peyton

Assessing the field for Manning.

So now Manning is back at his Miami Beach apartment, by all indications, full of information and who knows what else from his time with the Broncos and Cardinals. The one thing he has to be thinking of is the advantage of an AFC team over an NFC team. He knows the AFC better, naturally, having played in it for his 13 active seasons. He knows it's an easier path to the Super Bowl in the AFC than the NFC. He knows the AFC West is a division there to be had.

We'd be naïve to think he hasn't thought to himself: What's the clearest path to the Super Bowl in the next two years? If I'm him, I think of three teams when it comes to competitive opportunity: Houston, Denver and Kansas City. I don't think Houston's interested. The Texans have been in the top 10 in the NFL in scoring in each of the last three seasons, and even if Manning led them to 75 more points than Matt Schaub or Matt Leinart could in 2012, would that put the team over the top? Not to say the Texans couldn't change their minds and get involved this week. But if they don't, that leaves the AFC West.

San Diego and Oakland have quarterbacks and/or no cap room to go get Manning. I am surprised he views Denver clearly better than the Chiefs, which apparently he does. Kansas City has better backs, if Jamaal Charles returns whole this year, and comparable if not better receivers. The Chiefs had a better defense last year, by three points and 24 yards allowed per game.


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