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Jeff Saturday agrees to deal with Packers

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HOUSTON - SEPTEMBER 11: Center Jeff Saturday #63 of the Indianapolis Colts during game action against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium on September 11, 2011 in Houston, Texas. The Texans won 34-7. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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Jeff Saturday’s free agent tour started in Green Bay, and it will end there.

Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a deal between the Packers and Saturday has been completed.

The Broncos were expected to make a strong push for Saturday, who has been Peyton Manning’s center for almost all of Manning’s career, and who would represent an upgrade at center in Denver.

But the Packers need a center, too, and Saturday is a strong choice for them. The Packers rarely sign unrestricted free agents, preferring to build through the draft and focus in free agency on re-signing their own players, but after starting center Scott Wells signed with the Rams, Green Bay makes sense as Saturday’s landing place.