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Manning to meet with three teams immediately

Peyton Manning will be making the rounds this weekend, with the plan of having a team by Tuesday, the beginning of NFL free agency.

Manning is schedule to visit the Denver Broncos on Friday night. He will sit down with GM John Elway to discuss the team's quarterback situation. Elway was not convinced by Tim Tebow, in spite of the cult following the quarterback earned through the course of the season. Tebow's inaccurate passes and unothrodox throwing motion is a concern for a lot of people.

The Broncos have been looking for Elway's replacement at the quarterback position since he retired after the 1998 season. They have gone through just about everyone from Bubby Brister to   Brian Griese, Jake Plummer, Jay Cutler, and now Tebow.

The Broncos had a franchise QB in Cutler a few years ago, but traded him to the Bears in a dumbfounding move.

After Manning meets with Denver, he will meet with the Arizona Cardinals, who have been linked to Manning for months, and finally he will meet with the Dolphins, who coveted Manning since this story heated up late in the season.

Like Denver, Miami has struggled to replace their star quarterback, Dan Marino, after his retirement in 1999. The Dolphins have had 17 different starting quarterbacks since the 2000 season.

The Jets were not mentioned as a team that Manning plans to visit. While the Jets have let it be known that the would perfer Manning over incumbent Mark Sanchez, no word if Manning will bite. The prospect of playing in brother Eli's back yard probably has scared Peyton off.

Even if the Jets strike out on Manning, don't think they will rest with Sanchez as its starter. They will likely go hunting for a legit quarterback to push Sanchez for the starting job. If Manning should push out a solid quarterback elsewhere, like Kevin Kolb in Arizona, don't be shocked if the Jets go after that player.

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