It took all of one game for Peyton Manning, playing his 18th NFL season, to be declared done by some. He was washed up. He couldn't hack it. He couldn't and wouldn't adapt to coach Gary Kubiak's system that required a more mobile quarterback with a stronger arm and quicker feet.
It took all of a quarter and a half, in his first game as an NFL backup last Sunday, for the Manning of old to be resurrected.
Many of the same proclamations were made in 2011, when Manning had four neck surgeries and missed the entire season as a member of the Colts.