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Now we know why the Chargers brought back Charlie Whitehurst. The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that the Chargers (who signed safety Atari Big…

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Denver football leader John Elway confirmed that Peyton Manning did, indeed, throw for the Broncos in Durham, N.C., on Friday in the form of a couple …

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Elway likes what he sees from Manning

On Friday afternoon at Duke University, Peyton Manning got one step closer (or perhaps quite a few steps closer) to his ultimate destination. Manning welcomed all the key players from the Denver Broncos front office, including VP of Operations John Elway, head coach John Fox, and general manager Brian Xanders, to a workout in which he threw about 65 passes in a controlled indoor environment. After the workout, Elway (perhaps the most social-media-friendly football exec this side of Jim Irsay) posted an update for fans on his Twitter account: Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who was Manning’s offensive coordinator at Tennessee, had nothing but good to say about his longtime friend’s development. “It’s incredible how much progress he’s made in throwing the football,” Cutcliffe told the Tennessean newspaper . “He’s gotten his arm strength back and his accuracy is there. I’m not an NFL coach, of course, but I think I know what it takes to complete passes in the NFL, and it’s clear that Peyton can make all those throws. From what I’ve seen, he’s right on target for [a return to the NFL in 2012]. Everybody knows what a hard worker he is, and he’s dedicated himself to getting ready for the season.” Since the workout was private, the NFL Network turned to expert analyst Mike Mayock to get a sense of what teams look to see in these types of auditions. “If I’m the Denver Broncos and I’m going to put a significant financial investment into Peyton Manning, what I’d want to see is pretty much what I usually see at the college workouts for the top level college players,” Mayock said on Friday. “At a pro day you’re going to see 60-70 throws — three-step, five, five with a hitch, seven, seven with a hitch and play-action. We all know Peyton has made all of those throws in his heyday, but the important thing to me is that when we got to throws 55-70 — in other words, when he’s had a pretty good workout, I want to see if he still has the same arm strength that he did in the first 20 throws. “Can he throw an 18-yard comeback far hash on the 65th throw? Can he throw a go route 60 yards on the 70th throw? I’ve talked to some people that have seen him throw the football live and everybody has been highly impressed with what he’s been able to do. My only question is, does he have the arm strength, the muscle strength and the ability to drive it when he’s tired? If he had all of those things, I’d feel pretty comfortable.”

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George Smith on Peyton Manning’s work out for the Denver Broncos.

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Even as Peyton Manning worked out for the Denver Broncos at Duke University on Friday, reports surfaced that he already worked out Tuesday night for a new team in the hunt — the San Francisco 49ers — and that the Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals were out of the picture.

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Report: Manning met with 49ers; Cards, Dolphins eliminated (Yahoo! Sports)