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Gary Kubiak put Peyton Manning back in, just like he said he would

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Maybe folks just didn’t remember. Or maybe, just maybe, they thought it was a throwaway quote after a dismal 16-point loss in mid-November.

But when Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak told his quarterbacks and then his team Thursday morning that Peyton Manning would be behind center for the playoffs, Kubiak was simply following through on what he's said the past two months.

If Manning is healthy enough to play, Manning will play.

When Manning suffered a tear in the plantar fascia near his left heel in the Broncos’ Nov.