Tennessee legislature joins Peyton chase
Though the folks who make the laws in the Volunteer State have yet to volunteer to offer Peyton a job “for life,” they’ve issued a joint House/Senate resolution aimed at making their desire known that Peyton’s proper place for further pro football is Tennessee.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that this General Assembly wholeheartedly supports the Tennessee Titans signing Peyton Manning and urges Mr. Manning to remember his roots in the Volunteer State as he makes his decision about where to play football in 2012.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we welcome Peyton Manning to Nashville, where he will surely play football for many more years and lead the Titans to several NFL championships.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR0785.pdf
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The Titans' deal would be hard to beat. If the Broncos want Peyton badly enough, maybe they'll offer Peyton a lifetime commitment, too, but then Peyton's history with Tennessee gives the Titans the edge.
I'm hoping he'll go with Denver.
When Archie Manning was quarterback with the Saints & he was being interviewed on tv while holding either Cooper or Peyton in his arm, the sports reporter asked the toddler who his favorite quarterback was & he answered, "Roger Staubach". 
It was adorable.
Here's the latest from ESPN:
Peyton Manning sweepstakes takes the form of a bracket
ESPN.com Illustration
Life doesn't always follow a road map. But sometimes when you're at a midway point -- like we are in the Peyton Manning Sweepstakes -- a March Madness-worthy bracket can provide perspective.
OPENING ROUND
1. DENVER BRONCOS vs. 8. WASHINGTON REDSKINS
Denver's brain trust of John Elway and John Fox provides more guidance and reassurance than Washington's salary-cap-improv-comedy tandem of Dan Snyder and Mike Shanahan.
4. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS vs. 5. MIAMI DOLPHINS
These franchises don't specialize in getting key free agents to elevate them to greatness; it's more like the faces are distinctive mile markers on the road to nowhere.
3. HOUSTON TEXANS vs. 6. TENNESSEE TITANS
Yes, Peyton Manning has an encyclopedic knowledge of the AFC South. But even the print version of the Encyclopedia Britannica gets CTRL+ALT+DELETE'd off the bookshelf eventually.
2. ARIZONA CARDINALS vs. 7. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Sure, the NFC West is a wasteland, but Peyton will find it easier to crawl out of a desert of low expectations than to escape an Alcatraz of high expectations (and dealing with Randy Moss dropsies).
SEMIFINALS
1. DENVER BRONCOS vs. 5. MIAMI DOLPHINS
If Manning wins a Super Bowl for the Dolphins under only a one-year contract, would that make him the greatest QB in franchise history? This is the juncture, if Dan Marino is filling out this bracket, where he starts weeping.
2. ARIZONA CARDINALS vs. 6. TENNESSEE TITANS
Sorry, NFL. If Manning ever returns to the Volunteer state, it only will be to coach his alma mater until he beats Florida. After all, in 1997 The Swamp prepared Manning on how to throw a Super Bowl-clinching touchdown pass to Tracy Porter.
CHAMPIONSHIP
1. DENVER BRONCOS vs. 2. ARIZONA CARDINALS
If Denver can find a scientist to prove that audibles travel faster at higher elevations, the Broncos have this in the bag.
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7686465