Jay Glazer: Broncos Now ‘Brock Osweiler’s Team,’ Not Peyton Manning’s

Manning suffered a tear in his plantar fascia near his left heel in the Broncos’ Nov. 8 loss in Indianapolis.

Second, if that’s the case, then, as NFL.com reported Friday, the Broncos have to ask will Manning, 39, ever be physically able to play for the Broncos again?

After having a setback last week, Manning returned to throwing on his own indoors this week, only to be sidetracked when reports surfaced that he had taken HGH, which he adamantly denied. He was ruled out against the Steelers.

Brock Osweiler will start his sixth consecutive game Monday against the Cincinnati Bengals in Sports Authority Field at Mile High. “He worked really hard this morning – well, he worked every morning, but he worked really had this morning conditioning-wise and throwing wise”, said Kubiak, who watched Manning’s Saturday work in person.

Peyton Manning led the Broncos to a 7-0 start this season, and although his stats were at career lows he was able to find a way to score points.

As for the idea of a quarterback controversy, Kubiak says his young starter is handling the outside distractions well.

On Thursday, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak told reporters that Peyton Manning had a “big workout” coming on Saturday. The team knows that. “I hope. The team should always be first”. “So I just try to hold the team and myself up to that standard”. That’s why I love being a Denver Bronco.

Denver still has a shot at the top seed in the AFC but could also miss the playoffs altogether.

“Our organization is confident Peyton does things the right way, and we do not find this story to be credible”.