Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning was captured on camera telling New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick after the AFC Championship that the Super Bowl could be his last game. ‘Hey, listen, this might be my last rodeo. So, it sure has been a pleasure,’ Manning told Belichick.

Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning is under contract for the 2016 season and carries a salary cap charge of $21.5 million, which is larger than his cap figure last year when the Broncos asked him to take a pay cut. Manning has said that he won’t make a decision about 2016 until this season is over.

Philadelphia Eagles OT Lane Johnson, DE Fletcher Cox and impending free-agent DE Vinny Curry have had discussions about long-term deals. Johnson could have a new deal by the end of the week, according to sources. Curry is mulling an offer from the team, according to sources. Cox is under contract through 2016, but the two sides have talked about an extension.

Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning delivered a mixed bag against the Kansas City Chiefs this season, who ranked second in the NFL with 22 interceptions. He was 26-for-45 (57.8%) for 256 yards, three touchdowns and one interception against them in Week 2. He had a miserable game against them Nov. 15, when he was 5-for-20 (25.0%) for 35 yards and four interceptions. The Carolina Panthers, his Super Bowl opponent, led the league with 24 interceptions.

Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton was sacked four or more times twice in the 2015 season, and his numbers didn’t suffer. He was 21-for-25 (84.0%) for 217 yards and a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans, who sacked him four times in Week 10. He was 21-for-26 (80.8%) for 293 yards and two touchdowns while being sacked five times in Week 17 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He didn’t throw an interception in either game. The Denver Broncos, Newton’s Super Bowl opponent, led the NFL with 53 sacks this season.

New England Patriots RB James White played 57 of the 83 offensive snaps in the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos Sunday, Jan. 24, and RB Brandon Bolden played 16. RB Steven Jackson rounded things out with 11 snaps. The team will also get RB Dion Lewis (knee) back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2016, while RB LeGarrette Blount is an impending free agent. The team might face an offseason similar to 2011 when the selected a pair of backs in the NFL Draft.

Former Cleveland Browns secondary coach Jeff Hafley was hired by the San Francisco 49ers Monday, Jan. 25.

New England Patriots DEs Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich and Jabaal Sheard are each under contract for the 2016 season, and DEs Geneo Grissom and Trey Flowers provide depth for the future. The defensive end spot is not considered a position of need heading into the offseason.

New England Patriots LB Jerod Mayo is unlikely to return to the team in 2016, while LBs Dont’a Hightower and LB Jamie Collins have contracts that expire after the 2016 season and the team could work on extensions for them during the offseason.

The New England Patriots want to retain impending free-agent FS Nate Ebner, and SS Patrick Chung, FS Devin McCourty, CB Duron Harmon and SS Jordan Richards are all under contract for 2016.