During a radio appearance on Thursday, Peyton Manning denied the belief that he didn't want to sign with an NFC team because it would mean playing in the same conference as his brother, Eli. "Well, that's not true, because obviously when I was talking to San Francisco, they asked me that," Manning said. "And I wouldn't have told them that I could possibly be interested if that were the case. Obviously I know that San Francisco is in the NFC." While Manning values loyalty, he made it clear it wasn't going to stop him from landing at the destination that benefited him most. "Just like everybody thinks that the Titans (didn't get chosen) because they were in the Colts' division," he said. "Once again, I knew that the Titans were in the AFC South. And so when coach (Mike) Munchak called and I said, 'Sure, I absolutely would have an interest. and I'd love to get to know everybody better.' So the psychoanalyzing -- I guess that's the word, I'm not sure I know what that means -- but there's a lot of teams that I liked. And believe me, part of me wanted to be able to go to all of them for a short period of time."