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Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis isn't the only one haunted by the "Immaculate Deflection."So is Brandon Stokley, the wide receiver who caught the batted ball and raced 87 yards for the score with 11 seconds left, giving Denver an improbable 12-7 win at Cincinnati in the 2009 opener.Lewis, whose Bengals (3-4) host the Broncos (4-3) Sunday, said, "Brandon runs through my mind all the time." Stokley said he, too, has bad dreams about that play in which he cradled cornerback Leon Hall's deflection at midfield and outraced linebacker Dhani Jones into the end zone.It was the longest winning play from scrimmage in the final minute of a game in NFL history.When Jones started to pull up, Stokley had the presence of mind to tick an extra four seconds off the clock by veering right and running parallel to the goal line for several strides before stepping into the end zone.Although Stokley was lauded as a heady veteran for the savvy move, he admitted this week that he'd do things differently...
The Baltimore Ravens rebounded from Trindon Holliday's 90-yard punt return touchdown, the longest in NFL playoff history, to score two TDs in a 42-second span and ti...
No matter where his season or his career might end, Joe Flacco will always have The Fling.And Peyton Manning will always have to live with that throw he made, too.Fl...
The Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, who tied for the league's best record at 13-3, are well aware of one of the NFL's biggest truisms: more often than not, the r...
Peyton Manning threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns as the Denver Broncos locked up the top seed in the AFC and home field advantage on Sunday with a 38-3 thumpi...
Von Miller's day was memorable because Peyton Manning was so masterful.Manning threw for a season-high 339 yards and three touchdowns, two of them frozen ropes into ...
Knowing as well as anyone that time is no longer his friend, Peyton Manning went looking for a team last summer.He gambled on the Denver Broncos, and when he signed ...
With their second straight AFC West title secured, the Denver Broncos will turn their attention toward earning a first round bye in the postseason.That starts after ...
Ah, that growing list of Broncos playmakers: Peyton Manning. Von Miller. Demaryius Thomas.Mitch Unrein?Well, yes.The second-year defensive lineman out of Wyoming pla...
The Denver Broncos are without slot receiver Brandon Stokley and defensive end Robert Ayers for their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.Stokley (hip, w...
The following is a list of inactive players for today's games.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT DETROIT LIONS, 1:00 PM (ET)Indianapolis - DT Kellen Heard, T Tony Hills, FB Rober...
Peyton Manning tossed a pair of touchdown passes and the Denver Broncos held off the reeling Kansas City Chiefs, 17-9, at Arrowhead Stadium.Manning overcame an early...
The Denver Broncos have gotten an excellent return so far on their investment in quarterback Peyton Manning.Who the answer is under center for the Kansas City Chiefs...
The Denver Broncos gave Peyton Manning a new target — Tom Brady's favorite receiver.Wes Welker's signing for $12 million over two years highlighted another busy day ...
John Elway has been down this lonely road before.The quarterback-turned-front office executive has now been a part of two playoff runs that ended not in the confetti...
Welcome to NFL immortality, Joe Flacco.Somewhere up there in the all-time playoff archives near the "Hail Mary" by Staubach and the "Immaculate Reception" by Franco ...
Usually more comfortable in the pocket, Peyton Manning scrambled to his right to avoid pressure.And usually so accurate, the Denver Broncos quarterback threw a pass ...
Shouldering the load is part of the gig and Peyton Manning knew it long before Baltimore upset him and the Broncos in the AFC Divisional round at a frigid Sports Aut...
The intended target for Peyton Manning's last pass of the season didn't sleep much after the game that brought Denver's season to an unexpected halt."I kept playing ...
While Peyton Manning's first season in Denver came to a swift and bitter end, Ray Lewis' illustrious career will continue on for at least one more week.Justin Tucker...