Peyton Manning returns to practice

This week the Broncos didn’t specify who or if a quarterback would be speaking at all and with Wednesday marking Peyton Manning’s return to the practice field there was nearly a mass confustion for those in the media room as to who they would be talking to. The Broncos want to take their time getting Manning into the groove, but the road to recovery has to start somewhere.

Manning resumed throwing last week but did his limited on-field work away from practice time.

“It was good. It was really good seeing him out there”, Garcia sad, “We all know that he’s been working extremely hard to get back on the field with us”.

Kubiak was asked Wednesday if he could say whether or not Manning would have a chance to play in a Monday Night Football matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals next week.

“It was a little odd to see Peyton take those scout team reps today”, Osweiler said. The Broncos are 3-1 in games started by Osweiler, but he’s stalled at bit over the last two games. Osweiler was sacked five times – all by Khalil Mack – and the Broncos’ offense gained 310 total yards. “Brock is a great quarterback and if he just has time to make plays, we know he’s going to make them”.

After speaking with Manning and trainer Steve Antonopulos, Kubiak mapped out a practice plan for Manning this week, but his partially torn left plantar fascia will keep him out Sunday.

Manning is back at practice and conceivably not far from being ready to get back to woefully underthrowing wide-open receivers 30 yards downfield with footballs that look a lot like convulsing ducks.

Allen Iverson would never go for this, but the big story at Broncos headquarters was that Peyton Manning practiced. Just passed him talking to him just now, but we basically did individual and did a couple periods. Kubiak, as he has for the past month, continued to call the decision of who will play at quarterback a “week-to-week” decision.

LeGarrette Blount, the top rusher for the reigning Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, will miss the remainder of the season with a hip injury, reports said Tuesday. Of course, win-loss records don’t prove much of anything, especially considering the Broncos are 7-2 when Manning starts this season. “I’m not going to talk about what’s going on three weeks from now or two weeks from now”.

“I believe Brock will play well”.