One of the overlooked elements of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s game is how accurate he is.
Manning rarely misses. I’m not saying he never does because that’s not true, but it’s rare you watch him and say, ‘Wow, he’s missing guys in this game.’ You’re almost surprised when he throws an incompletion.
As Manning broke the NFL career touchdown record against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, he was spot on, especially on his two touchdown passes to Demaryius Thomas.
The record-tying score to Wes Welker wasn’t a high degree of difficulty because the design of the play was so good, and we’ll look at that one first. The Broncos faked a bubble screen to Thomas, and Manning pump faked it to him, which brought safety Eric Reid up. That allowed Welker to run by Reid on a fade route to the sideline. That’s pitch and catch for Manning.
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