Quarterback Peyton Manning reportedly will take a $4 million pay cut to stay with the Denver Broncos next season.

The sides agreed on a revised deal Wednesday that would lower Manning’s salary from $19 million to $15 million, according to ESPN.com. Manning reportedly would be able to make back the $4 million through incentives, including winning the AFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl.

Manning was expected to take a physical on Thursday and then sign the reformatted deal. Manning had been signed through 2016, with scheduled salaries of $19 million in each season. His salary cap hit was scheduled to be $21.5 million.

—The Buffalo Bills made their second aggressive move in as many days to upgrade their offensive personnel, agreeing Wednesday to acquire quarterback Matt Cassel from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for an undisclosed future draft choice.

The Bills will send the Vikings their fifth-round pick in this year’s draft in exchange for Minnesota’s sixth-round pick, according to multiple reports. The Vikings will also receive a seventh-round pick in 2016.

Cassel, 32, appeared in 12 games over the past two seasons in Minnesota, completing 194 of 325 pass attempts for 2,232 yards, 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. The 10-year veteran is expected to compete for the job with EJ Manuel, who will be entering his third season.

Whoever wins the quarterback job will likely be handing the ball often to running back LeSean McCoy, who the Bills reportedly have agreed to acquire from the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso when the new league year begins Monday.

—Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman spent more than four hours talking with Adrian Peterson at his home in Houston on Wednesday — their first meeting with the star running back since he was barred from playing last September.

Peterson told ESPN the meeting went well but declined to reveal details.

Zimmer and Spielman are trying to convince Peterson, the 2012 league MVP, that he should remain with the Vikings after he missed almost all of last season while addressing child-abuse charges in Texas.

Peterson, 29, was placed back on the commissioner’s exempt list last week after federal judge David Doty ordered the NFL to vacate his suspension over child-abuse charges. The NFL has appealed Doty’s decision.

—Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy met with NFL officials in New York on Wednesday to lobby for his removal from the commissioner’s exempt list.

Hardy submitted documents from his domestic-assault case and left the meeting with no resolution, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Scheduled to be a free agent on March 10, Hardy is seeking immediate reinstatement.

Hardy has been on the exempt list since last September due to a domestic-abuse case, and the league is still investigating whether he violated the personal-conduct policy.

Hardy was convicted last summer of assaulting and threatening to kill his former girlfriend. He appealed the ruling and was assigned for a jury trial that was to start Feb. 9 in Charlotte, N.C. But the case was dismissed because his accuser could not be found to testify.

—Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson, already given permission to work out a trade to another team, now wants to be released.

Johnson’s agent, Kennard McGuire, told Pro Football Talk on Wednesday that he has asked the Texans to release the star player which would make him a free agent.

After 12 seasons with the Texans, Johnson received permission from the Texans on Monday to work out a trade to another team. The arrangement was reached after Johnson was told he would face a reduced role with the Texans in 2015.

—The Texans released two-time Pro Bowl center Chris Myers, according to reports Wednesday.

Myers was due $6 million in the final year of his four-year contract signed in 2012. He had a salary-cap number of $8 million, and the Texans will save $6 million in cap space. There will be $2 million of his cap hit left as dead money.

Myers spent seven seasons with the Texans and never missed a game. He has started in 128 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak among NFL offensive linemen. He has played in 153 consecutive games, the longest active streak among offensive linemen.

—The Philadelphia Eagles continued their roster makeover Wednesday with the release of longtime linebacker Trent Cole.

The Eagles had been trying to get Cole to reduce his $10 million salary.

Cole, 32, played for the Eagles for 10 seasons and ranks second in franchise history, behind Hall of Famer Reggie White, with 85.5 sacks. In 2014, he tallied 52 tackles and 6.5 sacks in 15 games.

Cole played in 155 games, starting 145, for the Eagles. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2007 and 2009.

—Safety Tyvon Branch, who had his contract officially terminated by the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday, is reportedly making the Indianapolis Colts his first free agent stop.

According to NFL.com, the Colts are bringing in Branch for a visit Wednesday.

Branch, 28, was the Raiders’ fourth-round draft pick in 2008 out of Connecticut, and he spent all seven of his NFL seasons in Oakland. Injuries limited him to two games in 2012 (broken leg) and three in 2013 (broken foot). The previous three seasons, he started every game and made more than 100 tackles each year.

—Outside linebacker Jarret Johnson will sign a one-day contract this offseason to retire as a member of the Baltimore Ravens after a 12-year career in the NFL.

Johnson, 33, spent the past three years with the San Diego Chargers after nine seasons in Baltimore, which drafted him as a fourth-round pick in 2003.

Johnson played in a then franchise-record 129 straight games in Baltimore. The hard-nosed defender became a fan favorite as the Ravens’ ironman.

—The Washington Redskins re-signed safety Duke Ihenacho to an exclusive rights free agent contract on Wednesday.

Ihenacho saw just three games before a heel injury ended his season in 2014. The Redskins had claimed Ihenacho off waivers from the Denver Broncos last year.

—New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton said he spoke this week with running back Mark Ingram, who can become an unrestricted free agent, and again expressed hope that the five-year veteran will be back next season.

The Saints declined to pick up the $5 million fifth-year option on Ingram last summer, likely because of his past injury problems. But Ingram responded with a big season — upping his value on the open market.