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05-31-2012, 07:26 PM
Those with longish memories might recall that there was a period back in March when the 49ers were part of the hunt for Peyton Manning’s services.
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh threw with Manning, the 49ers also reportedly gave him a physical and Peyton Manning told Peter King that telling Harbaugh he wasn’t coming to San Francisco was difficult.
“I wish I hadn’t gotten so close to [Titans coach Mike Munchak],” Manning said. “That was a tough call. Same with Jim Harbaugh.”
The 49ers held off on negotiating a new deal with Alex Smith until after Manning chose to sign with the Broncos, something else that led people to think the 49ers were interested in signing Manning. Smith ended up re-signing and didn’t seem too put out by the time spent with Manning, leaving the whole thing as nothing more than a short chapter in an entertaining offseason.
Unless none of it actually happened at all. Harbaugh, unprompted by a question, said Wednesday that the team never pursued Manning at all.
“Oh one other thing: There’s a perception out there and it’s an erroneous perception that we were flirting with Peyton Manning,” Harbaugh said, via Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group. “I keep hearing it over and over. It’s silly and it’s untrue. It’s phony. Even the perception that we were pursuing. We were evaluating. I’ve said all along that Alex Smith has been our quarterback. There’s no scenario, other than Alex choosing to sign with another team, that we would consider him not as our quarterback.”
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/30/jim-harbaugh-says-49ers-never-pursued-peyton-manning/
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh threw with Manning, the 49ers also reportedly gave him a physical and Peyton Manning told Peter King that telling Harbaugh he wasn’t coming to San Francisco was difficult.
“I wish I hadn’t gotten so close to [Titans coach Mike Munchak],” Manning said. “That was a tough call. Same with Jim Harbaugh.”
The 49ers held off on negotiating a new deal with Alex Smith until after Manning chose to sign with the Broncos, something else that led people to think the 49ers were interested in signing Manning. Smith ended up re-signing and didn’t seem too put out by the time spent with Manning, leaving the whole thing as nothing more than a short chapter in an entertaining offseason.
Unless none of it actually happened at all. Harbaugh, unprompted by a question, said Wednesday that the team never pursued Manning at all.
“Oh one other thing: There’s a perception out there and it’s an erroneous perception that we were flirting with Peyton Manning,” Harbaugh said, via Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group. “I keep hearing it over and over. It’s silly and it’s untrue. It’s phony. Even the perception that we were pursuing. We were evaluating. I’ve said all along that Alex Smith has been our quarterback. There’s no scenario, other than Alex choosing to sign with another team, that we would consider him not as our quarterback.”
read more
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/30/jim-harbaugh-says-49ers-never-pursued-peyton-manning/