Contract Offered? This guys says so.
 

The Kansas City Chiefs apparently are not wasting any time in their pursuit of Peyton Manning.

The team that took on Joe Montana in the twilight of his career is apparently hoping for the same type of short-term revival with Manning, as radio host Brandon Spano reports, citing a source, that the Chiefs have already prepared a contract offer for the quarterback who has been on the open market less than 24 hours after officially clearing waivers on Thursday.

Of course, the Chiefs have plenty of competition for Manning, and it remains to be seen if the interest is mutual. But the Chiefs are apparently being among the most proactive of the Manning hopefuls.

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This is an important story.

Not because it's true, because there's no way we can know that.

But because it's further evidence that the Chiefs are a frontrunner.

Thank you so much for the breaking news.

Koo

Is McCormick that outsider that tends to have better insight into the Chiefs than our local guys?

Eh, I'm wanting to say that was a Ravens writer, not a Titans one. I know there's a non-local writer that is generally about 3 days ahead of Teicher and the rest of the Star hacks.

03/09/12
The Chiefs have signed Tamba Hali to a new contract. / Teicher, KC Star

Make it so!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ng-a-contract/

If you go to the page above you can see the mixed reactions from fans. Miami fans have to be the biggest morans eva!



Report: Chiefs have already offered Peyton Manning a contract
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 9, 2012, 10:18 AM EST


Amid talk that some NFL teams will court Peyton Manning so aggressively that they’re willing to sign him without watching him throw, now comes a radio report saying the Kansas City Chiefs have already offered Manning a contract.

Radio host Brandon Spano reports that the Chiefs were the first team to formally offer Manning a contract, making him the offer on Thursday, the day after his release from the Colts became official.

At the moment this is just one radio report that hasn’t been confirmed elsewhere, but it fits a growing narrative that the Chiefs’ interest is real. Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel went right up to the tampering line, and may have even crossed the line, by gushing about Manning even before the Colts released him, and the Chiefs reportedly contacted Manning shortly after it became permissible within league rules.

The Chiefs are an intriguing option. They weren’t far from the playoffs last year in the weak AFC West and have a good chance of being better this year, considering that arguably their two most talented players, Jamaal Charles and Eric Berry, played a combined total of three games last year. Manning would like to have a receiver like Dwayne Bowe, and the Chiefs are in relatively good salary cap shape, good enough that they should be able to give Manning a healthy contract and still have room to bolster the roster elsewhere as needed.

We don’t know for sure that the Chiefs have actually sent Manning a contract and are simply waiting on him to put pen to paper, but it certainly does sound like the Chiefs are one team that will aggressively pursue the biggest free agent of the year.

Twitter has made it way too easy for rampant speculation to turn into runaway rumor. This shit is getting old, and it's only just beginning.

It seems like the radio report may have taken the written report and then overstated it.

The written report suggests that an offer has been prepared. I guess it's possible they just fired it off to Peyton's agent, but isn't that sort of thing generally done in person? Maybe it was done as a showing of good faith to Manning: "We believe in you sight unseen" - as a way to perhaps gain a little bit of an edge.

Exciting, but I'm doing my damndest to keep from getting invested in this thing.

Oh, Hai Debbie!

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/65...reme-Court.jpg

Most exciting shit to happen here in quite a while, strap yourself in and enjoy the ride. ;)

Meh. I'm just too jaded I guess. I refuse to let myself get excited. Things like this NEVER seem to work out for the Chiefs.

If Manning was 26 and perfectly healthy, you are right. This would never work out for us. BUT, since he is 56 and had 85 neck surgeries...we just might have a shot.

sinz zee paper old-man ......

Why do you hate the Chiefs?

I've already sent a contract on behalf of the Chiefs. I just hope they don't check Pioli's signature too closely.

And I hope that a contract sent to "Peyton Manning, RCA Dome, Indianapolis" gets delivered promptly. It was the only address I had.

ESPN: "The Chiefs sign Peyton Manning to a 3 year, eleventy billion dollar contract with a 20 million dollar bonus for A) winning a Super Bowl and B) pooping in Matt Cassel's locker before he gathers his things to take to the bus stop.

Scott Pioli & Clark Hunt: "WHAT THE BLUE HOLY ****!!!?!?!"

the article is using this tweet as a source:
https://twitter.com/#!/BrandonSpano/...67334324047872

BREAKING: Source says that the Chiefs were the ONLY team to offer a completed contract to Peyton Manning today. Says they are most prepared



have to say I am surprised if this is true...still can't fathom it

When they notice the contract gives Manning $14 Billion guaranteed I think they might figure somethings up.

OMg !OMG! I'm jizzing all over the place. There's semen flying EVERYWHERE!!!!

You sure it's yours?

Hidden on page 17 is a clause that says he has to hit Elway in the head with a pass during any warmups where Elway is present.

I'm still trying to suspend all excitement.

We'll probably get him signed and he'll show up to training camp in Weis's old power-scooter and a dead right leg or something.

I don't think Peyton would ever get that contract. He doesn't seem like the type of person to hang around demolished stadiums...
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I'm trying not to get too excited here, and would rather get a true QBOTF, but with all the smoke there has to be some dissatisfaction with Cassel. Hopefully the team is ready to move on one way or another.

I thought we went over this shit last night.

Athan is likely this guy's source. Carlota even called in and the dude claimed he had a source coming out of KC.

Athan was on later heard spouting this same exact shit.

This is another baseless Athan rumor being spread by a poor fool who's never experienced the idiocy of Athan.

This is the guy you're thinking about https://twitter.com/#!/ravensinsider

He's damn near always right when it comes to the Chiefs.

If it was Athan, we'd know. This isn't the type of shit he would let other people report. He'd be on top of his house screaming it making sure everybody knew he was the one reporting it.

Nick pretty much keeps this stuff private on WPI these days.

I want to hear Claythan tell us this is true. If Wendler says it's gospel then I will believe that Peyton is the chosen one.

Q

He nailed that Steven Smith thing.

Looks like a good follow; pretty quick on news as it breaks (not necessarily as much a prognosticator as I remembered).

Thanks.

Teicher's response

http://chiefsblog.kansascity.com/?q=node/1976

Don't worry though...if we do sign Manning, Teicher will "break the news" 2 days after it's announced

Damn...that's a great way to make sure you don't actually have to actually do any legwork.

"Now now, fellas; don't believe anything you read"...

{watches ESPN...waits until 24 hours after deal is done}

"CHIEFS SIGN PEYTON MANNING!!!"

The Star blows these days.

:facepalm:

QUOTE=lcarus;8432486]If Manning was 26 and perfectly healthy, you are right. This would never work out for us. BUT, since he is 56 and had 85 neck surgeries...we just might have a shot.[/QUOTE]

:clap:

Teicher must not have gotten that bright red fire truck when he was a kid under the tree, & or he shot his eye out (in mid air) with a Red Rider BB gun.

I've made a point of avoiding the manning threads, for the most part...

If the Chiefs do get Manning, there's going to be a lot of contented WAGs from CP that night.

Same here. It’s been fun to watch though, I haven’t seen the Planet this worked up in years.