While the totality of Manning's 18-year career is arguably the greatest statistical portfolio of any quarterback in league history, one could argue that just his four years in Denver merit Hall of Fame consideration. In four seasons, Manning was named the 2012 Comeback Player of the Year, the 2013 MVP, a two-time first-team All-Pro and a three-time Pro Bowler. In 2013, Manning set single-season passing records that still stand, as he threw for 5,477 yards and 55 touchdowns as the Broncos advanced to Super Bowl XLVIII. Two years later, despite missing six games due to injury, Manning wonhis second career world championship as he earned head-to-head playoff wins over Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady and Cam Newton in his march toward a Lombardi Trophy. He is the only quarterback in league history to win the Super Bowl with two different teams.
A near certain bet to join the Broncos' Ring of Fame later this year, Manning posted 140 touchdowns and 17,112 yards in four seasons in Denver. He ranks second in franchise history in career passing yards, completions and touchdown passes and ranks first in franchise history in completion percentage.
Including his time in Indianapolis, where he spent 14seasons after being selected with the first-overall pick in 1998, Manning accrued 200 total wins, 539 touchdown passes and 71,940 passing yards. Those totals ranked first in the NFL at the time of his retirement. Manning's 14 Pro Bowl nods remain tied for first in NFL history, as do his seven first-team All-Pro selections among quarterbacks. His five MVP honors are also the most in league history, and he is one of a select few athletes from any sport to win five MVP awards, including Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Manning earned another honor in 2020, as he was one of 10 quarterbacks named to the NFL 100. The list was designed to celebrate the best players in NFL history.
He is expected to be officially enshrined later this summer and will join Lynch, Atwater, Bailey, Bowlen, Elway, Gary Zimmerman, Terrell Davis, Floyd Little and Shannon Sharpe as Broncos in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"I think Peyton Manning's legacy is bigger than football, to be honest with you," Baker said. "He is certainly one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play this game. … I think he is clutch, I think he is a great player, I think he is a great leader [and] I think he's a wonderful ambassador for the game."
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