The Peyton Manning to Miami courtship had lost it's luster right about this morning when Adam Schefter of ESPN relayed that Manning would not be making any more free-agent visits.

However, Peyton Manning is now going to visit with the Miami Dolphins this evening or tomorrow before the start of free-agency thanks to saavy reporting by the NFL Network's Jeff Darlington.

In reality, what we know of Manning's visit is the following:

1. It will only be about football.  What kind of offense the Dolphins plan on running with new Dolphin Head Coach Joe Philbin, personnel, potential pieces in Free agency that would fit are purely speculative anyone's part.  Everything is a guess at this point, but it would be great to be a fly on the wall.

2.  Manning has already seen the facility twice in two Super Bowl visits to South Florida, so there is no point in seeing the NSMB (Nick Saban Memorial Bubble) weight room, or Super Bowl trophy case. 

3.  Peyton Manning is not looking for bells and whistles (orange carpet treatment), but rather a person in the front office that speaks football language like he does.  It was reported widely by The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero, that Manning has football people he can relate to in Denver with John Elway and Arizona with Ken Whisenhunt.

4. Owner and key schmoozer, Stephen Ross will not be present for this meeting to give the grand tour of Miami with his helicopter tour, dinner, and a beautiful array of star- studded fellow owners.  This latest development has to discourage the Miami Dolphins, but many Dolfans should be cheering that Ross not privy to the meeting, is a helpful step in getting the Dolphins a QB and letting Ireland with Coach Philbin and possibly Coach Sherman chat with Peyton Manning. 

Based on these key points, one has to look at whether the Denver and Arizona visits, which lasted over 6 hours were more of curiousity since Manning left without a deal or figures exchanged.

Did Manning throw a football for either team?

However, the Dolphins are in the mix...along with the now Texans and Titans.  Should Alex Smith not be signed to a new deal in San Francisco, one has to wonder will the Manning camp head for the Santa Clara for a looksee? 

A lot of questions remain.  Without getting hopeful, Peyton Manning is meeting the Dolphins at an undisclosed location today or tomorrow.  There is a beacon of hope and we as Dolfans need to band together to support this team's efforts in bringing Manning to Miami.

It’s been a stressful few days for Dolfans fans patiently awaiting Peyton Manning to return to Florida to give the Dolphins brass a shot at giving there best pitch. There has been a series of reports that have left fans up and down and quite frankly starting to leave the fan base quite nervous.

Late this afternoon superstar reporter Jay Glazer broke the news that Peyton is leaving Denver without a contract and off to Arizona to meet coach Whisenhunt. The Bronco’s remain optimistic as they feel Peyton’s visit was very productive however most believe it is a bad sign he left without a contract.

Mike Klis ‏ @MikeKlis ( Denver Post)

Manning off to Ariz. Bronco source characterizes Peyton Manning visit as productive. Team is hopeful and encouraged by time spent with him

With Arizona next up it is still unsure whether Peyton will give the Dolphins a shot but many remain optimistic. Perhaps none as optimistic as Orlando Alzugaray from the Big O show.

Orlando Alzugaray ‏ @BigOShow

Manning is friends with Den HC John Fox, this meeting was out of pure respect. Still expect Peyton 2 be a Phin.

Time will tell as to where Manning will be playing but its going to take some patience for Dolphins fans. Let’s all hope he hops on a plane after seeing Arizona straight to Miami.

Fins up #Manning2Miami

While things are pretty much status quo on the Manning sweepstakes we like to keep our readers up to date so here’s what’s new.

The Kansas City Chiefs apparently are the only team to thus far make an actual offer to Peyton. Kansas City has been gaining steam as a dark horse in the Manning sweepstakes, while most are still skeptical of KC being the landing spot they remain a legit contender.

The second dark horse team which has stuck into the race is the Denver Bronco’s as Peter King has stated that like the Dolphins and other teams the Bronco’s are desperate to get Manning. Local writer Woody Paige still claims the Bronco’s and Manning won’t be a match. Peyton will meet with Denver today according to the Denver post. 

In some pretty depressing news from Sheffty, he said that the Dolphins chances of signing Manning appear to be ‘dwindling’, claiming the helicopter chase and local media as a reason Peyton might be turned off.

Mort said last night that he expects Manning to make his decision within the next 3-4 days. While nothing really new has happen in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes there appears to be panic by many Dolfans on twitter. The Denver Post says Peyton would like to sign with a team by the start of NFL Free Agency Tuesday. 

The Skins once thought to be in the race seem out now.

Right now it appears to be between the Dolphins, Cardinals, Chiefs and Broncos.

Miami most likely is still the favorite however it’s anyone’s guess. Let the games continue and let’s hope Jeff Ireland and Stephen Ross step it up.

Currently I am in the middle of extreme excitement envisioning Peyton in Aqua and Orange and complete and utter fear that Stephen Ross and Jeff Ireland will swing and miss again.

RT @evansilva Denver Post reports Peyton will also visit #Cardinals& #Dolphins, after tonight's #Broncos visit. 3 favorites to sign him. 

RT @ClaytonESPN: With Denver being Peyton Mannings first stop, they are big players in the Manning sweepstakes. Miami is still the favorite 

"First visit does not mean Denver is leader in clubhouse." -@AdamSchefter 

RT @ArmandoSalguero: Told Manning's decision is basically#Cardinals or #Dolphins. Elway would have to fashion a DRIVE type rally to get him 

Since 4:01 March 7^th it’s been all Manning all day. Now that Peyton Manning is officially a free agent, media and front offices have gone absolutely insane. The speculation of Manning’s future home  has started bright and early and continued on ESPN, NFL Network and all local news stations since Peyton was released.

While Adam Schefter reported that there are 12 teams that have already contacting the Peyton camp with interest the pack doesn’t appear to be that large.

Already there are reports that Peyton does not have any interest in becoming a Redskin. In addition Peter King tweeted that there no way the Texans will land Manning. Three other names to scratch off the list are the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and 49ers who have both publicly stated they are not interested.

A dark horse in the sweepstakes was the Denver Broncos, however Denver native Woody Paige stated he believes there is no way the Broncos and Peyton will connect.

That really just leaves 2 potential players, our Miami Dolphins and the Arizona Cardinals. The Seattle Seahawks might be a dark horse team but that remains unlikely.

Today ESPN's John Clayton said on NFL Live that the frontrunner for Manning is "clearly" the #Dolphins. Says Stephen Ross "has" to get this done.

In addition Linda Cohen said on ESPN radio “I don’t know how the Dolphins can blow this” speaking about the Dolphins on Manning.

Finally my favourite radio guy, Colin Cowherd also believes that Peyton will be wooed by the Dolphins and they represent the best fit for Manning and will be the eventual landing spot for Peyton.

Hopefully he is right!

#Manning2Miami

This just in: Jeff Ireland can leave a pro-day in a single bound!

Seriously, Jeff Ireland (According to Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel) left the University of Miami Pro Day to take an important phone call.

Who knows what it means, but it could be that Peyton Manning wants to organize a workout with the Dolphins. 

It was important enough to leave a pro day, one that feautures Fortson, Miller, and other key Miami Hurricanes working to get drafted.