It’s not often the defending Super Bowl champions are shopping for a starting quarterback in the months following the big game, though the Denver Broncos find themselves in that very situation this offseason.
Peyton Manning announced his retirement from the NFL on March 7, just 29 days after the Broncos’ victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. Manning played 18 seasons in the league and is in the ever-popular ‘greatest of all time’ discussion. He won Super Bowl XLI with the Indianapolis Colts and bookended his career with another.