The storybook unfolded before our very eyes on Sunday afternoon. After five turnovers and down by a point at home, with the AFC West title and the No. 1 playoff seed at stake, Peyton Manning trotted out onto the field to take over for an embattled Brock Osweiler under center.
Manning took the reins of a reeling offensive unit, calmed the storm and led the Denver Broncos down on an 80-yard scoring drive, capped off by a C.J. Anderson touchdown plunge. Some would discredit his influence on that drive, and the quarter and a half Manning played, by saying that the running game did all the heavy lifting.