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Broncos new man Manning plays well, receives ovation from record crowd

The new quarterback of the Denver Broncos has just made his first appeareance in the blue and orange shirt. His first play didn’t work out to well, as Peyton Manning overthrew a pass intended for Demaryius Thomas. But at least it showed that the arm strength was there.

It was slowly becoming destined to be a poor first outing for Manning as a Bronco during the team’s practice scrimmage last Saturday. But then on the his 14th and final snap, Manning scored a touchdown pass, when he found Eric Decker with 9-yard toss. The play drew a large ovation from a record crowd who came to watch the former Indianapolis Colts star.

More than 40,000 fans were in attendance at Sports Authority Field to see Peyton Manning’s first appearance in a Broncos shirt. This was about twice the previous record of 20,782 fans set two years ago, when the newly drafted Tim Tebow was the rising star of the team. Some Colts fans were also to be seen in the crowd with banners saying “We miss U” and that they drove 15 hours just to see Peyton.

It seems now that Manning is almost back to his old best after missing the whole of last season because of a nerve injury in his neck. The Broncos fans really have something to cheer about as Manning’s game didn’t show any ill effects from his injury, nor was he rusty.

Even before his touchdown pass, the crowd already went wild the first time Manning came out of the tunnel. In fact, they cheered every move he made. And Manning had to sign a lot of autographs on his way back to the dressing room. Another highlight of Manning’s day was when he completed a 60-yard pass to Andre Caldwell. Manning later said that the long pass was for the fans and that it was something he does every now and then as he feel that short passes weren’t exciting enough for the crowd.

Base on the evidence from this outing, the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning can now look forward brightly to the upcoming season.

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