Peyton Manning appeared in the locker room Wednesday wearing a green Manning Passing Academy shirt. He is forever a quarterback. But exactly when he will be throwing the football again remains an open-ended question.
Manning will spend seven to ten days in a walking cast, which he wore on Wednesday, followed by strengthening exercises. He will not play this week or next week. His return depends on how the torn plantar fascia in his left foot responds to rest and rehab.
The Broncos seem to have tipped their hand to the severity of Manning's injury by signing quartback Christian Ponder on Wednesday.