ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- In the end, Jordan Taylor hopes it all turns out to be a called shot by Peyton Manning.
It was Manning, who was in the midst of a retirement news conference when he said of Taylor, a wide receiver now in his second year with the Denver Broncos: “Jordan Taylor is going to surprise a lot of people for the Broncos next year, in my opinion."
It is "next year," and Taylor, whose teammates and coaches call "Sunshine" for his shoulder length hair and after the character in "Remember the Titans," did make the jump from practice squad wide receiver to the 53-man roster in 2016.