Broncos to start Brock Osweiler at QB, Peyton Manning still rehabbing

Manning will remain inactive against the Bengals as well. “I’m not anxious about it. It’s just one of those things that happens in the game of football and I’ll be fine come Monday night”. He will see a doctor about it Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s OK”, Osweiler said.

When it was suggested Monday that Davis might have flinched, Kubiak replied, “You’re going to get hit in this business every time you catch the ball”.

“I was trying to gut it out and might have slowed down the healing process by doing so”, Mathis said.

With four safeties sidelined, the Broncos couldn’t afford to wait out David Bruton Jr.’s broken right fibula, so they put him on IR Tuesday and signed free agent Shaun Prater.

Quarterback Peyton Manning didn’t practice for the second straight day. And yet, the team remains hopeful.

After experiencing a setback last week, Manning returned to throwing on his own indoors this week. A plantar fascia tear is a fickle injury and can nag the aflicted for months.

Letting Manning continue to heal is the smart move. There were even rumors back in the summer that the Broncos may be moving to the 6-foot-8 quarterback permanently, as Manning was reportedly considering retirement. For now, the Broncos can’t worry about Manning’s prognosis. And, depending on outcomes in the Jets, Steelers, and Chiefs games, they could find themselves out of the playoff picture after starting 7-0.

The return of T.J. Ward is drawing near.

Critics roasted Peyton Manning’s deep-ball ability when he started in Weeks 1-10.

On the season, the Denver Broncos average 239.9 yards in passing and 99.3 yards in rushing.

The truth is that if Manning does not recover and is cut by the Broncos, there are few teams who will be willing to take a chance on a 39 year old quarterback coming off a significant injury. After handing the New England Patriots their first loss of the season, Osweiler struggled against a mediocre Oakland Raiders team.

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