RealTime Fantasy Sports Football Draft Guide
 | | | Pos: Quarterback
NFL Team: DEN
Injury: Out
Injury Type: neck
| | Experience: 14
College: Tennessee
Height: 77
Weight: 230
Born: 3/24/1976
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| Year | Tm | Gm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TDs | Int | Sack | Rush | Yds | TDs | Fum |
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| PROJ | IND | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 2010 | IND | 16 | 450 | 679 | 4700 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | IND | 16 | 393 | 571 | 4500 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 0 | 0 | | 2008 | IND | 16 | 371 | 555 | 4002 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | | 2007 | IND | 16 | 337 | 515 | 4040 | 31 | 14 | 21 | 20 | -5 | 3 | 1 | |
SummaryQuarterback Rank: #8
Overall: #52
Manning didn't play a snap last season, recovering from multiple neck surgeries. His status remains a bit murky going forward because of the injury but he believes he'll be ready to play 2012. We all know what Manning can do when healthy, though. Before last season, he threw for 4,000-plus yards five straight seasons. He has 30-plus touchdown passes six seasons. When on his game, he is one of the best - if not the best - in the game. Manning is 36 years old and coming off a major injury, so isn't quite the sure thing of past seasons. He is like an offensive coordinator on the field. He knows the offense inside and out. Manning doesn't have a huge arm at this point of his career, but remains very accurate and knows where to put the ball to make plays. He heads to Denver this year, leaving Indianapolis for the first time in his career. The Broncos don't have prolific offensive weapons in the passing game but Manning will run the offense and should throw often.
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Manning is a risk but the upside is certainly there. If healthy, he'll get you 4,000 yards and around 30 touchdowns. We would make sure to get a top backup on your roster, though. Manning could be boom or bust after last season. He has a lot more question marks than your typical fantasy No. 1, especially with his move to a new team. |
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| Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning's throws had some zip on them during organized team activities Monday, May 21. Manning ran the offensive practice, lining up receivers, running backs and even fellow quarterbacks during the Broncos' workout. |
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| Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy said it will be a work in progress adjusting a scheme to fit the talents of QB Peyton Manning. 'This is going to be a work in progress for everybody,' McCoy said. 'Coaches, players, everybody within the organization, with how we're going to do things, the types of things we're going to change, but there are plenty of things that we've done in the past here that we want to give Peyton the opportunity to see. He is very flexible. He wants some new ideas and to run some new things. We've spent some time in the last couple of weeks explaining the things as an offensive staff we really like and things we can help him with.' |
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| Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning approved of the team's decision to select QB Brock Osweiler in the NFL Draft. 'On one of the first days after we signed him, he told me after watching what his friends just went through, we have to make sure we get depth at quarterback,' head coach John Fox said. |
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| Denver Broncos head coach John Fox disputed the notion that the team selected QB Brock Osweiler in the NFL Draft because of QB Peyton Manning's (neck) health concerns. 'That wasn't a factor,' Fox said. 'He was a guy we liked that we think has a bright future.' |
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| Denver Broncos executive vice president of player personnel John Elway said QB Peyton Manning will not have any say as to who the team will take in the 2012 NFL Draft. |
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| Archie Manning, father of Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning (neck), said he believes Peyton will take things year-to-year in terms of the possibility of retiring because of his neck injury. |
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| Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning does not have total control of the team's offense. Offense coordinator Mike McCoy still decides the scheme that will be run. 'What we are going to do (offensively) here depends on what (coordinator) Mike McCoy decides, based on the players we have, and I'm open to whatever direction that takes,' Manning said. |
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| Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning was one of the first players to arrive for voluntary workouts Monday, April 16. 'I've seen that firsthand over the course of my career - that offseason work makes a big difference come fall,' Manning said. 'You can't just show up in September and expect to be successful, expect to win games. And so this offseason work is critical.' |
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| Denver Broncos WR Eric Decker said there is no question QB Peyton Manning's (neck) arm strength is good enough to start in the NFL. Decker added he hasn't seen anything in workouts that would lead him to believe Manning's arm strength has decreased due to four procedures on his neck. 'The guy's still throwing the ball a long time, throwing it great, hitting you in the right spot,' Decker said. 'He's such a perfectionist. If he hits you in the belly button, he gets mad at himself for not hitting you in the chest. It's unbelievable to be around a guy who has those standards for himself.' |
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| Denver Broncos WR Peyton Manning called his offseason throwing regimen with WR Eric Decker both 'rewarding' and 'critical,' adding that the workouts are helping him back into the groove. Manning said his work with Decker is not only helping the new teammates establish a connection but will mean wins when the season starts. 'You don't feel it necessarily right now, but you know that it's going to pay dividends for you in the fall...' Manning said. 'And you say, you know, 'We worked on that back in April and May, and that time we put in was worth it because it came on a critical third-down conversion or a touchdown pass.'' |
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Hot -- Moving Up in the Player Rankings.
Cold -- Moving Down in the Player Rankings.
Injury Concern.
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