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Broncos’ Peyton Manning Planned Keep Away Schtick

By Mike Dyce

Oct 19, 2014; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) reacts after throwing his second touchdown pass in the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 19, 2014; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) reacts after throwing his second touchdown pass in the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning planned the game of keep away his wide receivers played with the football.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning set the record for career touchdown passes in the NFL, passing Brett Favre for the top spot. The record-breaking touchdown pass was to wide receiver Demariyus Thomas at the pylon, and afterwards Manning went to try and collect the football as a keepsake.

The only problem is Thomas wouldn’t give it to him, tossing it around with other wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Wes Welker in a schoolyard game of keep away. It was a rather funny moment in the game that led many people to chime in with their opinions on the matter, like Manning choosing not to throw touchdown passes in the red zone to the guilty parties in the next game.

Well, it looks like that won’t be necessary because it was all one big gimmick. Thomas, who caught the pass, said that it was all planned and even practiced. Because OF COURSE Peyton Manning made his wide receivers practice this routine, he couldn’t just live with himself had they not practiced playing keep-away before the game.

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