Broncos quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp opens up about his “special relationship” with Peyton Manning

You’ve heard the narrative a million times now: Peyton Manning is the real coach, he’s the coach on the field and on and on, the message is often construed that Peyton is not easy to coach. That might be true, but coaches don’t always see that as a bad thing, in fact, Denver Broncos quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp feels quite the opposite.

“It’s a great challenge,” he said of coaching Manning. “Most of us coaches see ourselves as teachers and when the pupil challenges you as a teacher, you find it rewarding as long as you’re not too thin skinned.

“I love the challenge, both of my parents were teachers,” he added. “I love when a player doesn’t just say, ‘Okay, Coach,’ I want the player to say,…