He's so full of sh*t his eyes are brown. Really, a "media frenzy" is gonna stop Manning? Like he's never dealt with the media before? He's been to a superbowl before, and the media there (even this past year when he didnt even play) was ten times worse.
Bottom line is no one has any idea where he's gonna go. They're making up "possible reasons" for this and that so they can continue to make money off coverage of this. The best thing to do is wait and let Manning decide.