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Archie Manning: Peyton 'pretty much knows' this will be his last season with Broncos

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

Super Bowl 50 will likely be Peyton Manning's last game in a Denver Broncos uniform, according to his father, Archie Manning.

Appearing on ESPN's "Mike & Mike" on Thursday, Archie said Peyton realizes that if he decides to return for another season, he won't be playing for the Broncos.

"Maybe not totally," Archie said when asked if he believed Peyton had made up his mind about retirement. "He probably envisions himself getting good and healthy. If he is good and healthy, can he play? I think he pretty much knows that it wouldn't be with the Broncos and that would be another thing, to change teams."

Archie also revealed that other teams showed interest in his son prior to this season. Peyton and the Broncos ended up agreeing to a $4-million pay cut for 2015, which the quarterback can recoup by leading Denver to victory in Super Bowl 50.

He still has one year remaining on his current deal, but it includes a hefty salary cap figure of $21.5 million.

While Archie believes there would be interest in Peyton again, he doesn't think his son would be keen on switching teams for the second time in five years.

"Now, he had some offers last year from teams, some teams talked to him," Archie said. "But I think that was going to be a lot of drama, again, to change teams, that he didn't want to go through. He did do that once, so I don't know that he would want to do that."

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