"There's just not too many people who get a chance to go back to their old hometown, their old stomping grounds, and show them you shouldn't have let me go," running back C.J. Anderson said.
This is Manning's second trip back to Indy since joining the Broncos in 2012 after missing an entire season following a series of neck surgeries that have left him without feeling in the fingertips of his right hand.
Notes: WR Jordan Norwood missed practice because his wife was in labor Wednesday. ... OLB Shaq Barrett (toe) was held out but is expected back Thursday.
He doesn't have to come out and say it; his teammates insist that winning his 187th game in Indy, where he won 141 times with the Colts, would mean a lot to the five-time MVP.
Colts QB Andrew Luck,
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This time, he brings the kind of stellar special teams and dominant defense that Colts owner Jim Irsay insists he was talking about when he dissed the iconic QB two years ago.
In the lead-up to that emotional return that began with a pregame video tribute to Manning and ended with a 39-33 Colts win, Irsay said, "You make the playoffs 11 times, and you're out in the first round seven out of 11 times. You love to have the 'Star Wars' numbers from Peyton and Marvin (Harrison) and Reggie (Wayne). Mostly, you love this,
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Irsay later insisted what he meant was if the Colts, instead of asking the quarterback to do too much, had only given Manning better special teams and defense,
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Manning insists he's too busy preparing for the game to ponder breaking any more of Favre's records.
"He basically gets to go back and become the all-time winningest quarterback in his old building against his old team," linebacker Brandon Marshall said. "Oh,
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)
