Peyton Manning Chooses Broncos, Deal Pending The Denver Broncos got their Man. Make that Peyton Manning. Pending final contract negotiations, Manning will join John Elway's Broncos with hopes of winning another Super Bowl. So much for Tebowmania. Still to be decided is what happens to last season's quarterback sensation, Tim Tebow. The Broncos and Manning agent Tom Condon spent Monday working out parameters of a deal expected to be worth about $95 million over five years after the NFL's only four-time MVP called Elway, the Broncos' revered QB-turned-executive, and told him he had decided to come to Denver. Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams also said Manning let him know that he had picked the Broncos. Adams released a statement Monday confirming the Titans were out of the running and later said to The Tennessean: "He called me himself and told me he wasn't coming, that he made his mind up to go with Denver." Besides the Titans, the San Francisco 49ers had been a finalist in the chase for Manning, who turns 36 on Saturday and missed all of 2011 because of multiple neck surgeries. ESPN first reported the record-setting quarterback instructed his agent to negotiate the details of a deal with the Broncos, less than two weeks after the Indianapolis Colts released him rather than pay a $28 million bonus. 26, 2010 file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning passes prior to and NFL football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos, in Denver. ESPN is reporting that Manning is negotiating to join the Denver Broncos. Citing anonymous sources Monday, March 19, 2012, ESPN said that the four-time MVP has instructed agent Tom Condon to negotiate to complete a deal with Denver. (AP Photo/ Jack Dempsey, File) Close Despite being sidelined all of last season, Manning's success in the past - the Colts averaged a 12-4 record from 2001-10 - made him by far this offseason's top potential signing and perhaps the most desired free agent ever. Elway, who retired from the game after winning his second straight title in 1999, never sounded all that convinced Tebow was the answer at the sport's most important position and now could trade the enormously popular but flawed QB. Tebow energized the Broncos in leading them to the playoffs last season - and has fans all over the country - but his play was erratic. Manning was cut loose March 7 by the Colts. Two days after standing alongside Colts owner Jim Irsay at an emotional farewell news conference, Manning began his free agency tour in the place it was ending: Denver.