Peyton Manning to begin throwing on his own this week

Discount tickets for the San Diego Chargers vs. Miami Dolphins game being played on December 20, 2015 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA are available now. The transfer of ownership at quarterback has only one caveat – Osweiler might have to move aside in a few games if Peyton Manning becomes healthy and shows Kubiak and team president John Elway he might give the Broncos a better chance to reach the Super Bowl. Denver did not see Osweiler as their future, but ESPN.com is reporting the team is warming up to the idea.

How long can Brock Osweiler continue to be a game manager, before he is asked to carry the team?

One would think that the Broncos have earned this right already by virtue of a 10-2 record which has included seven road games already on the season and it has been an elite defense that has done the majority of the heavy lifting.

San Diego offensive lineman Chris Hairston said he plans on being one of those players putting in maximum effort for the final four games of the season. There’s pretty much no question to me at this point that the Pats are trying to hide a pretty serious Gronk injury in hopes that he can still play on it in the postseason.

“We’ve gotten used to it, unfortunately, and us not winning doesn’t help”, said a resigned Rivers. For the fifth straight home game, San Diego played in front of a crowd largely, if not mostly, composed of fans of the visiting team.

The Chargers walked away from stadium talks in mid-June. The touchdown came on a 3-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas.

Osweiler had perhaps his worst throw as a starter Sunday, misfiring on a fade route. “We did what we had to do to stay into it”.

The opening drive “was our best, running and throwing”, Thomas said. That would mean Owen Daniels continued as the top tight end while Virgil Green sees more playing time in the offense. In the receiving end, Antonio Gates had 50 yards in six catches.

Rivers, under duress, delivered his pass early and linebacker Danny Trevathan broke to the ball.

The Broncos increased their lead to 14-0 in the first-quarter’s waning seconds. He later left with a concussion.

Quarterback Philip Rivers was 18 of 35 for 202 yards.

On the field Sunday, the Chargers were limited to 272 yards total offense, their second lowest total this season. “He seemed like he had a little juice – a little pop to him”, Rivers said.

Denver took a 7-0 lead by ripping through the Chargers defense easily on its first possession.

San Diego rookie Josh Lambo kicked a 51-yard field goal just before halftime to avoid a shutout. CB Brandon Flower exited with a first-quarter knee injury….

Running back Melvin Gordon, the Chargers’ first-round draft pick, lost another fumble and was benched.

NOTES: Broncos TE Vernon Davis also suffered a concussion. The team didn’t say why it tried to keep the news quiet….

Coach Mike McCoy’s biggest beef was with what happened to Rivers, especially late in the game.