According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Peyton Manning has made his decision … and he’s taking his talent to the Mike High City.
According to Mort, Manning called Broncos VP of Operations John Elway this morning to inform him of the decision. Manning also called the San Francisco 49ers and Tennessee Titans, the other two teams in the running for Manning’s services, to inform them.
Manning threw for Elway and a large group of Broncos and executives and coaches on Friday in North Carolina, and Elway was impressed.
The Miami Dolphins have been jilted again as former Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn went against common opinion and signed a three-year, $26 million deal ($10 million guaranteed) with the Seattle Seahawks instead of with the MiamiDolphins. Flynn was thought to be a shoo-in for the Dolphins as the new Miami head coach Joe Philbin was Green Bay‘s offensive coordinator from 2007-2011,
But instead he spurned south beach for the rain in Seattle, in what is a massive win for Pete Carroll and the Seahawks. Other than Peyton Manning, Flynn was the best free agent quarterback available.
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Calvin Johnson is hands down the best wide receiver in football and now he is getting paid like, signing a huge eight-year deal worth up to $132 million, the largest contract in NFL history.
Johnson’s agent, Bus Cook, said the contract is worth $60 million guaranteed. That figure and the total value of the deal are both NFL records.
Johnson had a year remaining on a deal he signed after being drafted in 2007, but this extension starts immediately and runs through the 2019 season.
Everyone was expecting the big news today to be free agent signings, but the Chicago Bears got a jump on free agency by acquiring Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall in a trade with the Miami Dolphins for the Bears’ third-round draft picks in 2012 and 2013, as first reported by Fox’s Jay Glazer.
This is a great move for the Bears, who were expected to target a high-profile free-agent receiver such as Vincent Jackson, but instead they reunite Jay Cutler with one of his top targets from his time in Denver.
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The potential destinations for Peyton Manning keeps shrinking. First the Redskins traded for the Rams No 2 pick in the draft, eliminating them from the Manning sweepstakes.
Then the New York Jets took themselves off the market for Manning by extending Mark Sanchez’s contract by three years. The contract extension is for $40.5 million, giving him five total years for $58.25 million, with $20.5 million fully guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
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It looks like next month will be the beginning of the Robert Griffin III era in Washington as the Redskins traded three first-round picks to the St. Louis Rams for the No. 2 pick in this years draft.
Washington gave the Rams their first- and second-round picks this year, plus first-round picks in 2013 and 2014. I
That is a huge price that the Redskins paid to move up four places, but they obviously feel that RG3 is their quarterback for the ten years. By making the move now, the ‘skins eliminates the risk of any other side putting together a better offer to the Rams and jumping ahead of them.
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Nationally renowned recruiting expert Tom Lemming has been on the road for two months and wherever he goes these days, he hears the same thing:
“As I travel the country,” Lemming said, “Penn State’s name is popping up everywhere, more than it did in the past.”
Lemming has been scouting and evaluating high school football players since 1978, so when the says in the past, he means in the last 30 years!
Lemming, who writes the widely read Prep Football Report, considered by many the Bible of college football recruiting, is impressed with the way Bill O’Brien is tackling recruiting.
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Randy Moss celebrated his 35th birthday today by announcing the end of his short-lived retirement.
“I just wanna go to a team and play some football,” Moss said on a video posted at the website Ustream.tv, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
He said he retired because of issues he needed to address off the field, but his family has since told him:
“It’s fine, whatever you wanna do. Faith, family and football, that’s my M.O., bro,” Moss said in the video. “Your boy be back for the upcoming season.”
Two-time Super Bowl champion Tom Coughlin chats with James Brown and Phil Simms about the Big Apple victory parade, his unique coaching style and the head coach’s future on the sidelines.
The Tennessee Titans had been thought of as a potential destination for Peyton Manning, but the Titans new GM Ruston Webster has thrown cold water on that suggestion during a conference call with season-ticket holders.
The Titans signed Matt Hasselbeck to a three-year deal worth more than $20 million last July, and he played well in 2011, leading the Titans to a 9-7 record while throwing for 3,571 yards, the most by a Tennessee quarterback since 2002.
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According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Peyton Manning has made his decision … and he’s taking his talent to the Mike High City.
Calvin Johnson is hands down the best wide receiver in football and now he is getting paid like, signing a huge eight-year deal worth up to $132 million, the largest contract in NFL history.
