Peyton Manning was magnificent in his final regular-season tuneup Sunday, throwing his first two touchdown passes for the Denver Broncos in a 29-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Manning completed 10 of 12 passes for 122 yards, including TD tosses of 10 and 5 yards to Eric Decker. After managing one TD to go with four turnovers in his first seven possessions this preseason, Manning drove the Broncos (1-2) to scores on all three of his possessions, then put on his visor with 46 seconds left in the first quarter after staking Denver to a 17-0 lead. Alex Smith threw a 49-yard TD pass and David Akers kicked five field goals for the Niners (2-1), who outscored the Broncos' backups 19-0 in the second half. Source: Associated Press
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Gotta be nice knowing that regardless of who you guys add to your offence, you still have Alex Smith under centre, thus makes no difference whatsoever.
Kaepernick is so much more exciting to watch - even though he was up against 2nd and 3rd team defenses...