ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- As Denver Broncos players returned to the practice field Thursday to start their preparations for Super Bowl 50, quarterback Peyton Manning reaffirmed that he supports an NFL investigation into an Al-Jazeera America report that linked Manning and others to human growth hormone.
"I do welcome it. It's no news to me," Manning said after practice. "I still stand by what I said then that it's garbage from the first day that it came out, garbage today."
Asked if the league's investigation into the December report was any kind of burden as the Broncos get ready for the title game, Manning said, "None, no.