Manning eventually signed with Denver in late March. The process leading to his decision included a number of other franchises, including an early morning phone call that awoke Carroll. Manning had heard Seattle was interested and thus the process started.
Seattle was in the market for quarterbacks at that point. They had gone through the trio of Matt Hasselbeck,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Charlie Whitehurst and Tarvaris Jackson without satisfaction during Carroll's first two seasons and now stood the chance to possibly make a pitch to Manning.
