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Cap'n Crunch said:Most people when they talk about it say exactly that he didn't want to play against his brother in the playoffs unless it is a superbowl. Thats been widely known for a while now.
Sure, that's a reason people have said that he would prefer the AFC to the NFC but every account I've read has had Peyton liking the situation in Denver a great deal. This is probably a case of Denver winning rather than San Fran losing.
Cap'n Crunch said:I'm willing to bet that elway and company are going to handsomely overpay him. something in the 25-30 mill a season range. Sadly sometimes money talks over winning a championship.
By most accounts the contract he's going to sign is going to be something like 5 years and 95 million which is pretty reasonable for a QB(I think the franchise tag for a QB is 14 million). So I'll take that bet.
Personally, I think one of the bigger reasons is that the AFC just looks significantly weaker than the NFC. There's a handful of really great teams/QB's in the NFC. In the AFC who's his real competition? The Pats? The Steelers? It's a weak conference and Manning probably just took the easiest route to the Super Bowl.