Which NFL Teams Are Headed to Los Angeles?

By the middle of January, the hope is the NFL will know which teams and how many will be calling Los Angeles home in 2016.

The owners will meet again Jan. 12-13 in Houston with the expectation that there will be a vote, after they heard from the owners of the St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders at a Wednesday meeting at the Four Seasons Las Colinas Resort outside Dallas.

"Yes, from the way we left it in here," Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said when asked whether he thought a final decision would be made in Houston. "I don't guarantee it, but I certainly think that that's what we're trying to head to, and I think it's important since we have the ability to put a team there -- or teams -- we ought to do it."

New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said he expects they'll be locked in a room until "we get a decision January 13," and Houston Texans owner Bob McNair added, "One way or another, we're going to get this resolved."

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said a vote at the Houston meeting is not mandatory. The Committee on L.A. Opportunities is expected to make a recommendation on the stadium proposals. St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland have until Dec. 28 to submit final proposals to the NFL.

"I am in favor of making sure this is done the right way," Goodell said. "The ownership has expressed their desire to get this done in a reasonable amount of time."

Jones has been a proponent of having a franchise in Los Angeles for years and is believed to be a backer of the plan in Inglewood, California, presented by Rams owner Stan Kroenke. Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has backed a plan in Carson, California, that would house the Chargers and Raiders.

Last week Kroenke wrote a letter to the L.A. committee about sharing the cost to build the $1.86 billion stadium as well as an equal split in revenue. Kroenke would control the design of the stadium as well as the revenue from the development surrounding the stadium.

Sources told ESPN that, at this point, there is zero chance of a partnership between Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Kroenke.

Peyton Just Wants To Get Well

Wearing a walking boot on his injured left foot, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said Wednesday that he is not thinking of anything beyond getting healthy.

Manning, who has what he called a tear in the plantar fascia in his left foot, got the cast off Tuesday night and will now wear a walking boot until Friday. He said he has not thought about his playing future beyond trying to get back on the practice field.

"This is when 'they' and 'sources' seem to show their heads a little bit . . . I haven't thought much other than about trying to get healthy," Manning said. " . . . I'm going to try to get healthy so I can try to get back. That's kind of where my focus is."

Brock Osweiler has played well in Manning's place, but Manning said he hasn't given any thought as to whether he would get his starting job back upon his return to the field.

"It's so far ahead of what I'm thinking about. I'm doing what Coach [Gary] Kubiak asked me to do, and that's try to get healthy," Manning said. "I'm following his instructions. I'd love for it to be healthy yesterday, I can assure you . . . there's no guarantee whatsoever. All the other questions and speculation, I don't have anything for you on that."

Kubiak reiterated his earlier point of view -- that Manning is the team's starting quarterback whenever he's ready to get back on the field.