Benjamin Albright #Broncos attempted to trade Peyton Manning this off-season to the Houston #Texans per more than one source in position to know. (1/2) 6:47pm - 23 Jun 15
Wow, that was pretty big news, here's the embed tweet <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Broncos?src=hash">#Broncos</a> attempted to trade Peyton Manning this off-season to the Houston <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a> per more than one source in position to know. (1/2)</p>— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/613493490522046464">June 23, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Peyton has a 17 million dollar cap hit this season, probably why no deal got done, the Texans have just no way of clearing up that much space without giving up more than what's left of Manning is worth.
Paging Bob Allen, paging Bob Allen... At least Gary is consistent. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From agent Tom Condon to PFT: "Neither the Texans, the Broncos, or Peyton Manning ever talked to me about a trade anywhere."</p>— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/613503553546661888">June 24, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also, the Texans told PFT they have no comment on the report of the Broncos trying to trade Peyton Manning to Houston.</p>— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/613503830869811200">June 24, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry this took so long, but I wanted to talk with 3 Texans sources I trust about Manning report. All tell me it's not true.</p>— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/McClain_on_NFL/status/613511513131716608">June 24, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
http://www.scout.com/nfl/texans/story/1557846-was-peyton-manning-shopped-to-the-texans. This season looks like a disaster in the making for Denver. Kubes Nixed the deal coming to Houston then tries to run him out of Denver. Peyton can't like this guy.
Likely would've been cash/draft picks. If they traded Peyton, it would've been because Kubes wants the Osweiler era to start sooner rather than later. It's more about clearing the way for Brock than getting something tangible in return for Manning. They'd be fine with cash/picks and clearing cap space without taking salary back.
Doesn't really matter, 5head is at the end one way or the other. Denver was banking on the idea that bringing Manning in would net them a SB championship but that failed. It's back to the drawing board either this year or next.
Interesting random nugget in that article - no idea the validity: This lines up with Broncos Head Coach Gary Kubiak knowing that Houston Texans had interest in Manning in 2011 when he came back from his neck injury that kept him out a season. The Texans had the contract papers drawn up to bring Manning to the Texans, which was his choice of team at the time. The deal was nixed by none other than Kubiak, who was the Texans head coach at the time.
Did you hear the one about the Aggie who nixed Peyton Manning to QB an NFL team in favor of Matt Schaub?
Kubiak doesn't have the same kind of pull he had here, in Denver. It's Elway. Elway has failed twice with Manning, he likes Osweiler and he knows it's hard to tie-up that much money into 1 position. If Elway was resigned to Manning he would have included him in the new coaching search and at the very least, required that anything the new coach does be built around Manning and Manning's wishes. That obviously was not the case. I guarantee you that Kubiak prefers Manning to Osweiler from a straight - I need to win this game in front of me - perspective. But the franchise was thinking long term, as they should. Ultimately Manning is still too good not to give it all another go. But now they're out an emerging superstar TE (albeit an overrated one).
Just got a 610 update text saying their sources confirmed that trade talks for Peyton between Denver and Houston did happen. McClain just needs to give up
