Manning to make preseason debut Saturday night

So it would be hard to find anyone happier than the coach with Friday night’s 22-20 outcome over the Seahawks.

Manning is 6 feet 5 inches, and backup Brock Osweiler is 6-8.

After all – as the backup quarterback pointed out – he hasn’t started a game since 2011, which is an eternity in today’s NFL.

About the Author:Vernon Croy’s sports picks are now exclusively at Doc’s and you can find them here: http://www.docsports.com/cappers.html?cap_id=27Vernon Croy had the #1 NFL/CFB Win Rate of 67% ATS in 2013-14 and he also had the #1 NBA/CBB Win Rate in 2013-14 competing against 90 of the world’s top documented handicappers. “When you go out to work it’s got to be good there’s going to be mistakes it’s part of football but we can never get selfish as a team and do things that will cost us games you know I felt like we were that way a little bit early in practice but we re-grouped”, Kubiak said. “They don’t even show him the same defense in the second half that they played in the first half”.

Tuesday, he and the rest of the Broncos took the field in shells and helmets. “But I also understand the process that he’s going through”, Kubiak said. “My job is to execute the plays that are called, and I’m all-in on what we’re doing”.

Osweiler has clearly been taking notes on how to handle press conferences too, as he was quick to highlight the rest of the offense – particularly his offensive line. “I was under center quite a bit during my time in Indianapolis”. “I just had to put it in the bucket”.

“I spent eight years there, so whenever I go back there, it will always be a different experience”.

Ronnie Hillman, who has been listed as the third back on the depth chart, may have just moved himself up a space – or two – after Friday’s performance. Not only players, but really everybody in the organization regarding various things, and they did a really good job yesterday.

The biggest position battle to keep an eye for the Broncos remains on the offensive line.

The real question surrounds Manning’s durability and arm strength, with the 39-year-old passer acknowledging that “guys in the locker room make some jokes about my age and ask me what it was like before color TV”.

[Paradis] ran the group well. And if they don’t gel you are not looking at a team that is going to go 12-4 or 13-3. “They weren’t very good opportunities, but hopefully we’ll get him some more“.

Finally, after a year of empty promises for an “aggressive defense”, a return to the glory days of the Orange Crush seem to be on the horizon.

Protecting the 39-year-old quarterback, from left to right, are rookies Ty Sambrailo and Max Garcia, practice squad graduate Matt Paradis and veterans Louis Vasquez and Ryan Harris.

“[Wade Phillips] loves the outside linebacker group and what we can do for the team because we have an ability to pass rush”, Barrett said.

Camp Facts: The Broncos hold their final day of training camp Thursday, from 9:30 to 11: 30 a.m. The workout is open to fans, free of charge.

And a notable difference from the recent past was that this defense wasn’t just about being aggressive.