The receiver's financial team prepared "Plan D, " which essentially involved the city borrowing the money from itself.

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Manning would also like his go-to receiver at the complex, but said he'd be surprised if he saw Cruz before he signs a long-term deal.

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Apparently mimicking Jets receiver Plaxico Burress, he appeared to act as if he'd shot himself in the leg, then he stretched out his arms like a Jet and faked a crash.

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