The request was put in early.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, ever the stickler for game preparation, developed a plan for his return shortly after suffering a foot injury that would ultimately sideline him for six games this season.
Behind the scenes, Manning would slowly work his way back onto the field. And he would do so with a receiver he handpicked.
Jordan Taylor, a lanky 6-foot-5 practice-squad player who signed with the Broncos as an undrafted rookie from Rice last May, was his guy.
"He came to me a week and a half, two weeks after he was injured, when he was able to get back out there," Taylor recalled.