i was certain that manning would end up in Denver. I fig'd tebow would be on the first train to jax.
you can't bet against the determination and willpower of Elway. He got manning at a table, and sold him that "youll get everything you need, and I know it because they did it for me and I won some rings" speech. No fatcat owner can sell that, but Elway, one of the best QBs of all time, can.
He probably didn't even kiss manning's ass. Probably just sat down like 2 of the 5 best QBs in history and said "Let's do this fcking thing, Payton".