Denver Native (Carol)
09-06-2013, 05:38 PM
DENVER -- The very first pass Peyton Manning threw in Denver seems a long time ago now -- two years, a few neck procedures and a crushing playoff loss separating the toss that nosedived into the ground at Coors Field during a private throwing session and all the ones he completed just a few miles away Thursday night.
When that pass to his friend Todd Helton was attempted in secret because Manning didn't want anyone to see his condition back then -- before he was released by the Indianapolis Colts, before he resurrected his career last season with the Denver Broncos -- it was hard to imagine what was to become of Manning's dazzling career, let alone his improbable spot now. But here Peyton stands, with an offense so loaded with playmakers that only lightning could stall it in the season opener, with touch and vision so precise that he could throw seven touchdown passes even when the flight of the ball sometimes wobbled. The Broncos blew out the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens 49-27 in the season opener Thursday night, but even as coach John Fox admitted that there was an extra bit of motivation attached to beating the team that stunned the Broncos in the playoffs on a frigid January day, this performance was about more than something as small as revenge.
rest - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000239149/article/peyton-manning-denver-broncos-make-scary-opening-statement
When that pass to his friend Todd Helton was attempted in secret because Manning didn't want anyone to see his condition back then -- before he was released by the Indianapolis Colts, before he resurrected his career last season with the Denver Broncos -- it was hard to imagine what was to become of Manning's dazzling career, let alone his improbable spot now. But here Peyton stands, with an offense so loaded with playmakers that only lightning could stall it in the season opener, with touch and vision so precise that he could throw seven touchdown passes even when the flight of the ball sometimes wobbled. The Broncos blew out the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens 49-27 in the season opener Thursday night, but even as coach John Fox admitted that there was an extra bit of motivation attached to beating the team that stunned the Broncos in the playoffs on a frigid January day, this performance was about more than something as small as revenge.
rest - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000239149/article/peyton-manning-denver-broncos-make-scary-opening-statement