per ESPN: Manning might not meet with Dolphins

[Pappy13]

I'm actually not worried about not getting Flynn at all. Even as plan B in case we don't get Manning. We either get Peyton or we take Tannehill in the draft if he's there and I'm pretty sure he will be there. I'm not sold on Tannehill either, but I'd much rather take a flyer on him than on Flynn and what he's probably gonna cost. Maybe Philbin knows something I don't, but that could work against Flynn as much as for him.

If they don't like Tannehill then I'll take my chances with Moore and pick the best available at #8. I have zero desire to have Flynn.

[Phishfan]

I'd rather play Matt Moore another year than draft Tannehill.

[MikeO]

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I'm starting to think the more we know, the more we don't know.

I hope I am wrong, but I think Miami has no shot in hell.

Houston and Tenn have better rosters. If SF enters this derby they are better. Denver has more cap room and can sign Pyeton and all of his friends if they want.

Unless Peyton's wife just wants to stay in Miami year round and pushes Peyton that way I see no logical reason why Peyton picks Miami.

[CF DolFan]

He didn't have anything to tell him. Dan's position was that he would like to see Manning in Miami but was wasn't going to proactively reach out to him. If asked he would speak though. That sounds like a perfectly good position to take.If I were Manning, I wouldn't want every team's former stars reaching out either. Have the real people in charge reach out to speak.

I didn't see that Dan said he would if asked.  Anyway .... you and I are friends. If you were Manning and Miami was a posibility I'd actively recruit you without ownership asking.

[MikeO]

NFL Network tonight had 3 interesting tidbits

1) Jeff Darlington said Peyton likes Miami's roster but is underwhelmed by the front office structure

2) Michael Lombardi said the Dolphins have no shot of signing Manning

3) Michael Lombardi also said the Fins like Tannehill over Matt Flynn

1 and 2 I somewhat believe (as much as you can with these reports). 3 I would be careful about that might be a curveball to throw people off their beaten path with Free Agency starting and the draft a month away.

[tubba marxxx]

NFL Network tonight had 3 interesting tidbits

1) Jeff Darlington said Peyton likes Miami's roster but is underwhelmed by the front office structure

2) Michael Lombardi said the Dolphins have no shot of signing Manning

3) Michael Lombardi also said the Fins like Tannehill over Matt Flynn

1 and 2 I somewhat believe (as much as you can with these reports). 3 I would be careful about that might be a curveball to throw people off their beaten path with Free Agency starting and the draft a month away.

I wish media never existed.  It's starting to look more and more like pro-wrestling every day

[bsmooth]

Miami can get screwed royally I agree. To me they are dumb and haven't learned their lesson. If Houston is in play for him, everyone can go home because he will go there. Team is built to win it all and he can step in and just play.

The ONLY saving grace for Miami is that if Manning goes to Houston then Schaub can be had for a 3rd or 2nd round pick. If he goes to Arizona then Kolb is on the market and he is a west coast QB. Not great by any means, but better than Matt Moore.

If Miami likes Flynn enough I would sign him and bow out of this circus because now it has become a "Farve-like" circus with Peyton. I got a feeling he will drag this out for a while.

Report today said Houston is in the mix now.

[EKnight]

Houston's BEEN in it. Where have you been? Lol! -EK

[Brian Fein]

Curve ball - Can Indy get back in?  Now that they cut him, it voided his contract, along with his huge roster bonus.  I wonder if Indy would jump in and try to get him back, could they?  Or would it revert to his old contract?

I think the Dolphins are more and more behind the 8-ball here with every day that goes by.  I blame Stephen Ross.

[bsfins]

According to a Chris Mortenson tweet.
Peyton Manning met between 5 & 6 hours late today with #Dolphins coach Joe Philbin and other staff members in Indianapolis, per sources.


https://twitter.com/#!/mortreport/status/179397823035478016

If we sign him,or we don't....We got to make some sort of pitch to Peyton himself,which is more than some teams got....

[bsmooth]

Houston's BEEN in it. Where have you been? Lol! -EK

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Report-Texans-enter-Manning-derby.html

No they have not. They just got into it. This is why MikeO mentioned them in passing, because they were not officially in the hunt.

[MikeO]

According to a Chris Mortenson tweet.
Peyton Manning met between 5 & 6 hours late today with #Dolphins coach Joe Philbin and other staff members in Indianapolis, per sources.


https://twitter.com/#!/mortreport/status/179397823035478016

If we sign him,or we don't....We got to make some sort of pitch to Peyton himself,which is more than some teams got....

Miami got their face time which is all you can ask for. Hopefully things went well. 

[CF DolFan]

At this point it seems pretty obvious they lied to reporters on porpoise.  Hopefull that is a good sign.

It's sad that the world has come to this. How can we continue freedom of the press but allow some sort of privacy ... but I guess that is another thread.

[Landshark]

It doesn't bode well that Manning went to Denver and Arizona but the Dolphins brass had to go to Indy to meet with him.

[fyo]

Manning has ties to the staff in Denver and Arizona, so they were always obvious candidates.

It also has to be a factor that those two teams are from the two weakest divisions in league right now.