Time for the Denver Broncos to Move On from Peyton Manning?

[Joe in PB]

Is It Time for the Denver Broncos to Move On from Peyton Manning?

I think so, and believe he should retire before he tarnishes his legacy. Soon many people will only remember the old weak armed feeble Peyton.

[Joe in PB]

Brock Osweiler gets high marks from Denver Broncos

[Joe in PB]

Brock Osweiler, too, in waiting game

[Shoalzie]

He's got one more year at the most...I think he returns at hopes he's productive and stays healthy and ends on a better note than this year. It could depend on what system is in Denver. If Gase gets the job...he'll stay for another year. He could be a one year mercenary for a team that is close to contending.

[Joe in PB]

How bad is Peyton Manning that he couldn't make enough plays so the Broncos could win, let alone blow out the Colts like NE did tonight?

Manning's got a fork stuck in his back, he's done.

[mvscal]

Hurt or not, he really went down hill the last part of this season...

What do you mean 'or not'? Of course a quad injury is going to impair your ability to play. I don't care how old you are.

[BSmack]

What a horrible year for Manning. He only threw for 4700 yards this season. He's toast.

[Joe in PB]

What a horrible year for Manning. He only threw for 4700 yards this season. He's toast.

I hear you Brian, and expected such comments. After watching the Colts play NE yesterday what stuck in my mind was the Colts aren't a very good team, for a playoff contender. Lots of other playoff contenders would have played a closer game. Which brings us to last weeks game vs a loaded Broncos team, a game that really wasn't as close as the final score indicated (24-13). The Broncos had a ton of talent, yet they couldn't compete, why? Because Peyton no longer has any velocity, or can get the ball 45+ yards down field. The Colts played press coverage with the safeties up to help stop the run. Bronco WRs were covered underneath, and often by the time they did get open, Peyton couldn't deliver the ball effectively. The Colts shut them down, in Denver, and it wasn't all that close.

Sure Peyton might play well enough to beat the bottom feeders, but against good defenses he doesn't have it, and now his arm loses steam as the season goes on. NE's easy blowout of Indy really demonstrated how much Peyton has fallen off.

[BSmack]

A quad injury can do that to a qb. Look at Rogers with a similar injury against a shitting Carolina squad. Same thing. Manning will recover and if Horseface loses his mind, Peyton goes to the desert with Arians and breaks a few more records.

[mvscal]

...yet they couldn't compete, why? Because Peyton no longer has any velocity, or can get the ball 45+ yards down field.

Because he had a torn quad, dumbass.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Brock Osweiler gets high marks from Denver Broncos

Brock Osweiler.

Peyton should get another year. Get him back healthy and win the division again. They won't do any better with a first-year QB. Then get Osweiler ready for 2016 if he's your guy, or grab someone in that year's draft which should be a deep class of QBs.

[Joe in PB]

...yet they couldn't compete, why? Because Peyton no longer has any velocity, or can get the ball 45+ yards down field.

Because he had a torn quad, dumbass.

Except he didn't have any velocity on his passes before the quad injury, and put up numbers vs lower tier opponents. When facing a good St Louis defense earlier in the season he was as abysmal.

[Joe in PB]

Brock Osweiler gets high marks from Denver Broncos

Brock Osweiler.

Peyton should get another year. Get him back healthy and win the division again. They won't do any better with a first-year QB. Then get Osweiler ready for 2016 if he's your guy, or grab someone in that year's draft which should be a deep class of QBs.

Osweiler has been in the league a couple of seasons and is likely better than most college draftees.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Osweiler has been in the league a couple of seasons and is likely better than most college draftees.

We'll see. He looks like Ryan Mallett 2.0 to me. A big lug with a big arm, but that's about it. He was nothing special at Arizona State.

[Joe in PB]

The latest from Rotoworld.

The Denver Post's Woody Paige reports Peyton Manning plans to return to the Broncos in 2015.
Paige isn't a Broncos beat writer, but has a long history in the Denver area and cites "three trustworthy sources." As long as Manning passes his annual spring physical and informs the team prior to March 9, he should be back for another run at the Super Bowl in 2015 under new coach Gary Kubiak. Kubiak and GM John Elway have both publicly voiced their support for Manning's return.

[mvscal]

Brock Osweiler gets high marks from Denver Broncos

Brock Osweiler.

Peyton should get another year. Get him back healthy and win the division again. They won't do any better with a first-year QB. Then get Osweiler ready for 2016 if he's your guy, or grab someone in that year's draft which should be a deep class of QBs.

Osweiler has been in the league a couple of seasons and is likely better than most college draftees.

He's a tall stack of shit. Nothing more.