After the 49ers' dalliances with Peyton Manning, and quarterback Alex Smith's agnate free-agent appointment to Miami, it seems that both abandon accept agreed to accomplish nice ... and accomplish do. Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area accepted a address from Michael Lombardi of the NFL Network, advertence that the 49ers accept re-signed Smith. Afore 49ers arch drillmaster Jim Harbaugh and abhorrent coordinator Greg Roman flew to North Carolina endure Tuesday to watch Manning plan out, Smith had been because a three-year, $24 actor action from the team.
Because Smith hadn't yet agreed to terms, the 49ers acquainted justified in traveling afterwards Manning, an advantage that Manning actively advised afore accordant to agreement with the Denver Broncos on a five-year, $96 actor deal. The belief was that Manning wouldn't assurance with an NFC aggregation because he ability accept to face brother Eli in the playoffs, but Manning refuted that affirmation if asked by the NFL Network's Rich Eisen on Tuesday.
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"It's arbitrary to say that because I wouldn't accept had the discussions and the talks and the conditioning for the San Francisco 49ers if that were the case," Manning said. "I knew that San Francisco was in the NFC. If the two of us started to talk, I actual calmly could accept apparent myself getting a 49er. That's why it was so hard. I kept absent for anyone to just acquaint me area to go."
Once John Elway told Manning area to go, it was larboard for Harbaugh and the 49ers alignment to bright up any miscommunication and harder animosity with Smith. Reports adumbrated that while Smith accepted the team's following of Manning, he was beneath than blessed to apprentice of Manning's throwing affair with aggregation admiral just afore the account of that conditioning broke. In addition, Smith may be at his wit's end with abettor Tom Condon, who's been rather active apery that actual aforementioned Peyton Manning adolescent recently.
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On Monday, 49ers CEO Jed York said that the three-year accord could still be signed. "We accept a arrangement on the table and it's up to him," York said. "We'd like for him to be here, and we'll see area it goes."
The Sacramento Bee appear that Harbaugh and Smith met for an hour on Monday to try and get aggregate smoothed out.
Smith, who threw just 5 regular-season interceptions in 2011 in a career year, helped the 49ers to a 13-3 almanac and a near-Super Bowl berth. Harbaugh was the key to his able activation afterwards six black seasons. But the 49ers' ball with Manning had Smith on a even to Miami endure Saturday, area he met with aggregation admiral and coaches for 5 1/2 hours. He was aswell because an action to appointment the Seattle Seahawks afore they pulled the activate on a three-year, $26 actor accord with above Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn.
In the end, the Dolphins active ex-Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard to a one-year deal, and Smith headed aback home.
