Manning on playing next week
“I talked to coach Kubiak and obviously he wants to see how I feel. You know, tomorrow and during the week, I think I’d like to be able to practice during the week. I didn’t practice until Friday and that’s not ideal for anybody to go out and play, and so I’d like to be healthier to practice some on Wednesday, like I have in the past, and on Thursday. So we’ll address that when those days get there. That would be the goal to get back to a normal practice schedule, so we’ll see how that goes tomorrow.”
There’s something very important in this quote: “I didn’t practice until Friday and that’s not ideal for anybody to go out and play.”
We’ve always known how important game preparation is for Peyton Manning, and he reiterated it right there. For Kubiak and the Broncos, it also means that there’s no halfway; either he plays or he doesn’t.
Kubiak can’t decide on Saturday whether Manning is playing; he has to decide on Tuesday. Because if Peyton Manning is going to play, he needs to be practicing all week. And if he isn’t, he needs to be resting.
All the more reason why it should be Brock Osweiler under center next week vs. the Bears.
