David Cutcliffe no longer is surprised by what he sees from Peyton Manning each year. He has seen the quarterback since he was a teenager at Tennessee. He has seen him at his worst and seen him at his best. And he has seen him at every stage in between.
So in April, when Manning showed up at Duke for his annual workout with Broncos teammates, Cutcliffe wasn't shocked by what he saw. Astounded may be the more appropriate word.
"I'm amazed at times," said Cutcliffe, Duke's coach and a former Tennessee offensive coordinator. "We're doing this in an indoor facility with nobody watching and I watch his focus, his intensity, the absolute desire for every rep to be as good as it can be — that hunger is pretty amazing at this stage.