Awww: Peyton Manning Keep Away Was Planned

((ht: deadspin.com))

Aw heck, this kinda takes a little of the fun out of it.

If you weren't watching last night, in the midst of the Denver Broncos 42-17 destruction of the San Francisco 49ers, during the game, Peyton Manning broke the record for most TD passes of all time. That record was previously 508 and held by Brett Favre.

In fact he added to it by throwing 4 TD's in the game.

But TD pass 509, while impressive as heck, was almost overshadowed afterwards when Broncos receivers Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders and Wes Welker appeared to play keep away from Manning, who wanted the ball to mark the occasion.

And watching on TV, it was really, really funny.

But...

We've all been had. Demariyus Thomas said Peyton Manning himself planned the keep-away. Peyton had them practice it too.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 20, 2014

Sad face....

It would have been a lot more fun had it been spontaneous, but it was still funny.

Here is some video from NBC Sports:

Manning Throws For 7 Against Baltimore, Trevathan Almost Made It 8 Scores

Who thought that Peyton Manning would roll seven touchdowns against Baltimore for the season opener...???

Manning equalled a feat that hadn't been done in 44 years in the 49-27 win. Manning connected with Wes Welker, Julius Thomas, and Demaryius Thomas for two TDs each in piling up the most points scored on the Ravens in their 18-year history.

Manning was 27 of 42 for 462 yards with the seven TDs and no interceptions. He finished with a quarterback rating of 141.1.

Thomas led Denver receivers with 161 yards. Julius Thomas was the first Denver tight end to go over 100 yards receiving in a game since 2009- with an even 100.

Oh, by the way... Knowshon Moreno was the leading rusher with 28 yards on nine carries.

Joe Flacco was 34 of 62 passing for the Ravens for 362 yards, 2 TDs and 2 interceptions. One of those interceptions led to the only Broncos fail on the evening...

Danny Trevathan celebrated a little too early- fortunately it didn't cost the team since they were up 25 at the time...
((HT: NFL on NBC))

Could Be-Be Bring A Mistrial...? Not Yet...

((HT: KDVR-TV Fox31 Denver/PFT))

Former Georgia Tech and current Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius "Be-Be" Thomas testified in the rape trial of former Broncos teammate Perrish Cox- and his answers on the stand gave Cox's lead attorney the notion to ask for a mistrial.

According to Fox 31's Greg Nieto, through his Twitter feed, the alleged victim in the case testified early this morning and went through her recollections of the night in question.

Thomas was then called to the stand and he "testifies tht cox said: "i think she's ready."

Thomas was dating the woman at the time that Cox allegedly took her to a bedroom in order to have sex with her.

So, then Thomas knew what Cox had on his mind...???
With a woman he was apparently dating...???

Excellent...

Here's the story from the time of opening arguments...

The One Where Tebow Wins in O.T: Broncos over Steelers

It certainly wasn't the game that anybody expected to see. And really, we stayed away from posting about the NFL Wildcard games this weekend because they are always so mass reported.

But we can't help ourselves on chiming in about the Denver Tebow's and their head scratching, amazing win Sunday night against the vaunted--but injured, Pittsburgh Steelers.

You had to know this wasn't going to be the game you expected on the opening kickoff. You know, the one where Matt Prater hits the crossbar for a touchback...and the ball bounces off the crossbar...and lands perfectly on the 20-yard-line.



What followed was pretty simple quite honestly. The Steelers went "All-in". They committed to 8 in the box, stopping the run and letting the Tebow beat them.

He did.

10 Completions for 316 yards including a game winning 80-yard strike to reciever Demaryius "Be-be" Thomas. 50-yards and a TD rushing. 'Nuff said.

Yes, the Steelers were banged up. And more importantly, they were exposed as an "Old" football team. Ben Rothlisberger was still recovering from a severe ankle sprain, but played "O.K". Isaac Redman did an admirable job filling in for the injured Rashard Mendenhall.

But it wasn't enough.

The Steelers recovered from a 10-point deficit in the second half. They tied the game late. And you can't really even say much about overtime.

On the first play, they went 8-up, with no deep safety. And they bought the play action. All Thomas had to do was break his route towards the middle of the field. Which he did. Tebow hit him in stride at about the 40 and Thomas did the rest.

We aren't going to say here that the Tebow's will run the table. They won't. But they'll have a punchers chance in New England Saturday night against the Tom Brady's. Oddly, we are betting that a lot of people will be tuning in to see if it happens..

CBSSports.com gives us Jim Nantz and an uncomfortable Phil Simms for the recap: