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Manning's receivers not doing him any favors with drops

The latest from NFL divisional games on Sunday (all times EST):

5:53 p.m.

So far, Peyton Manning has completed 8 of 17 passes. His numbers could look a whole lot better if his receivers could hang on to the ball in a game Pittsburgh leads 10-6 late in the second quarter.

Demaryius Thomas let one slip through his hands, so have Bennie Fowler and C.J. Anderson. Emmanuel Sanders became the latest receiver to develop a case of the drops when he couldn't hang on to a pass on fourth-and-3 at the Pittsburgh 37. The Broncos turned the ball over on downs.