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Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning insists he remains undecided about his possible retirement and will not address the issue until after Super Bowl 50. PHOTO/AFP

Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning insists he remains undecided about his possible retirement and will not address the issue until after Super Bowl 50. PHOTO/AFP

SAN JOSE, February 2nd – Peyton Manning shrugged off fresh speculation about his possible retirement Monday as he prepared for what could be his Super Bowl swan song next weekend. 

Manning will become the oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history on Sunday when he leads the Denver Broncos into battle against the Carolina Panthers at Levi’s Stadium near San Francisco.

The 39-year-old is widely expected to call time on his career after the finale and fresh reports Monday said he had already told friends and family that he plans to retire.

However, Manning insisted he remained undecided and would not address the issue until after Super Bowl 50.

“I haven’t made my mind up and I don’t see myself making a decision until after the season,” Manning said at the Super Bowl 50 Opening Night extravaganza in San Jose’s SAP Center.

“Whatever cliche you want to use — I just want to stay in the moment, focus on the task in hand and concentrate on this week.

“That’s the way I’ve approached everything this season … It’s served me well up to now and I’m going to stick with that. Obviously I have a big task in hand,” Manning added.

Manning was caught on film telling New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick that their clash in the AFC Championship Game “might be my last rodeo.”

“I just wanted to tell him man-to-man how much I had enjoyed and respected our battles over the years,” Manning said. “I said the same thing to (Tom) Brady. Brady’s going to play until he’s 70, Belichick’s going to coach until he’s 90. Maybe I’ll play for another 10 years.

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“But I just wanted them to know, that if this was the last time, how much it has meant to me,” he added.

Manning once again said he was relaxed about an ongoing National Football League investigation into allegations by Al Jazeera America linking him to banned performance enhancing drug human growth hormone.

“I welcome this NFL investigation,” he said. “I know the rules of the NFL and I respect the rules, they’re important to me.

“What this report alleges that I did is simply not true. It’s fabricated. It’s junk. It’s garbage. I could give you a long list of other words for it. I can guarantee what this investigation will find — a big fat nothing.”

 

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