Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning will remain the Denver Broncos' quarterback at least one more year after clearing a medical hurdle.

Denver Broncos' fans are scrambling to explain Sunday's humiliating loss to the Seattle Seahawks, hoping that finding someone or something to blame will somehow ease the pain of another Super Bowl embarrassment. Is it the defense? Offensive line? Coach John Fox?  The officials? The weather? Bruno Mars? Or does this one point directly to quarterback Peyton Manning?

Peyton Manning has won his fifth Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. He got 49 of 50 votes from media covering the league. New England QB Tom Brady got the lone dissenting vote.

John Elway doesn't see Peyton Manning riding off into that orange Rocky Mountain sunset the way Elway did 15 years ago if the Denver Broncos quarterback caps his record-setting season with a second Super Bowl ring.

Peyton Manning's foundation for at-risk youth will receive a $500 contribution for every time the Denver Broncos' quarterback shouts "Omaha" during the AFC championship game.

Peyton Manning is the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team. It's his seventh time as a first-teamer, tying Hall of Famer Otto Graham for the most by a quarterback.

Finally, the Denver Broncos can get ready for some meaningful football.

Peyton Manning set the NFL single-season yards record and threw four touchdown passes to clinch the top seed in the AFC playoffs for the Denver Broncos with a 34-14 victory Sunday over the Oakland Raiders.

Peyton Manning has regained his NFL record for touchdown passes with 51 and the Denver Broncos have clinched the AFC West.

With Peyton Manning on the verge of breaking Tom Brady's single-season touchdown record, Houston interim coach Wade Phillips calls this "just the best year ever of any quarterback."