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Denver Native (Carol)
12-14-2014, 09:52 PM
SAN DIEGO -- Peyton Manning was sick and sore.

He took four bags of intravenous fluid between Saturday night and Sunday morning, and then hurt his right thigh in the second quarter, requiring more treatment.

It was all good, though. Nothing a victory and a fourth straight AFC West title won't cure.

Manning threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the third quarter and Connor Barth kicked five field goals to lead Denver to a 22-10 victory against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday that clinched the division title.

"He was sick. I don't think it was Jordan game flu sick, but he was sick," running back C.J. Anderson said, referring to how sick Michael Jordan was when he scored 38 points in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.

"He went out there and battled," Anderson added. "He battled the Chargers' D, battled the crowd, battled the adversity and battled himself. That's a lot of battles going on in one man's lifetime right now. But he went out there and overcame it and helped us out with a `W' today."

Manning said he first started feeling ill Saturday evening.

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