DENVER -- You could start throwing passes at Mount Evans or St. Mary's Glacier, make it all the way down through the Front Range to Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and you still wouldn't have traversed as much air distance as Peyton Manning has during his 18-season career.
40.8 miles. No one has thrown for more after Manning's 4-yard completion to Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter here Sunday took him past the 71,838-yard standard established by Brett Favre during a 19-season career that ended after the 2010 season.
Manning received a standing ovation after the completion, which came 4:23 into the first quarter.