Peyton Manning would rather be practicing than watching
By Mike Dyce
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was hit low on Sunday against the San Diego Chargers and had an MRI on Monday on his ankle. He sat out practice on Wednesday, but that could have been more about rest than his ankle.
“I always like to be out there, be out there with your teammates,” Manning said, via Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com. “You certainly want to be out there, in my opinion, to keep your timing with your receivers.”
Though a veteran quarterback like Manning has some rapport with his receivers and let back up Brock Osweiler get some reps in.
“We certainly talked about it Monday about what the plan was,” Manning said. ”I don’t [know] if it’s an age bracket thing or what. I’ve made a lot of adjustments in these past two years, you know, at this point in time in my career and this is just another one of them. I think it makes [sense] and I’ll be better for it.”
When asked about Manning’s status for Sunday, interim coach Jack Del Rio said, “No doubt in my mind there. … He’ll be ready to go.”