Best Moments of Peterson’s Vikings Career . While "The Drive" started slowly, taking the Broncos nearly two minutes to pass their own 20, Elway orchestrated The Broncos' then-fifth-year quarterback surged to the top of the sport by winning MVP acclaim in 1987. Foreshadowing some future NFL drives, Elway had marched Stanford 69 yards in less than 45 seconds — Elway and his father, Jack Elway — then San Jose State's head coach — changed draft history by communicating with the Colts "before Christmas" a lack of desire to play for the then-Baltimore-based franchise. Green has struggled to stay healthy over the last two seasons, playing nine games in 2018 and sitting out for all of 2019. A seven-time Pro Bowler, Hinton played seven Colts seasons before being dealt to Atlanta in 1990's Jeff George trade.Elway did not adjust quickly to the NFL, throwing seven touchdown passes and 14 interceptions as a rookie. The Chargers placed the franchise tag on the oft-injured Henry this offseason. Although Manning was far from a sure thing after four neck surgeries, the quarterback's five-year, $96 million contract ignited a Broncos renaissance. Elway considered retirement after Super Bowl XXXII; he returned to one of the greatest teams in NFL history. The total package at quarterback, Elway may still reign supreme in the toolbox department. Washington Redskins interim coach Bill Callahan brought up a few interesting points Thursday as his team preps to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 15.One: He’d like to think Peterson can play until he’s 40 years old, according to Perhaps more feasible in the short term and more important to the Redskins success right now is Peterson continuing to pile up yardage on the ground.Peterson continues to charge ahead to the 1,000-yard mark, which is something Callahan seems unsure of as far as standards go these days:Peterson currently has 718 yards and three scores on a 4.3 average with three games left.
But the Bronco QB took teams to back-to-back Super Bowls (1986-87) as those rosters' lone Hall of Famer, had only two losing seasons, and his late-30s production exceeds both his top rivals' — en route to being named the 1990s' All-Decade passer. But the Broncos defense could not contain Jags QB Mark Brunell, who vexed them throughout a 30-27 upset that ended Elway's age-36 season (and Denver's Denver's 1997 offense was much better, leading the league with 472 points and outscoring the 1996 team by nearly 100. © Rob Schumacher / USA Today Sports Images Pro Bowlers Chris Harris and Julius Thomas also arrived in 2011 — the Broncos' bizarre Tim Tebow season that produced a One of the few quarterbacks whose career outflanks Elway's changed the Broncos' path in March 2012. Were it not for an infamous misplay by the Broncos' secondary in a Round 2 loss to the Ravens, they likely would have qualified for Super Bowl XLVII. Four future Broncos Pro Bowlers — T.J. Ward, Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware and Emmanuel Sanders — and Super Bowl starters signed in a five-day span. © Benny Sieu / USA Today Sports Images © Jeremy Brevard / USA Today Sports Images Could Washington RB Adrian Peterson play until he's 40? The speedy runner saw a career-high 220 touches last season, so it remains to be seen if he can carry a full workload.
Watkins was one of Kansas City's playoff heroes and returns in 2020 after renegotiating his contract. That was easy to miss after Elway's best statistical Super Bowl. 1-seeded Chiefs in the rivals' only playoff meeting, and an Elway-to-Sharpe Despite being 11-point underdogs and their All-Pro running back missing most of the second quarter with a migraine headache, the Broncos forged a 17-all tie with the Packers late in the third stanza. The AFC had also lost 13 straight Super Bowls going into the Broncos-Packers January 1998 tilt in San Diego. The 1985 Broncos, whom Elway piloted to six game-winning drives, are one of just two teams to Elway made his first Pro Bowl in 1986 and had the Broncos in their second AFC championship game. But after a 9-1 start, the Broncos lost to the Chiefs and Steelers to send them to the wild-card round. However, he wasn't productive on the stats sheet last year with just a half-sack for the entire season and will likely need to increase his production to get a huge contract.
© Matt Kartozian / USA Today Sports Images These players heading into contract years have the most to prove, with their sights set on a big payday next offseason. © John David Mercer / USA Today Sports Images Elway delivered one final comeback win over the Chiefs — before the 5-8 Giants ended the Broncos' perfection quest in Week 15 — and guided the team to playoff wins over the Dolphins and Jets.Overlooked from the Broncos' dominant late-1990s stretch: their No. Assume, though, that Peterson will be within 1,500 or so yards of Smith in early 2024. The quarterbacks will battle for the starting job in training camp, but Foles looks like the favorite given his salary and the fact that Trubisky's fifth-year option was already declined. Both centered on running back Adrian Peterson. Drake got big money for one year to be Arizona's bell cow back in 2020, after showing well with the Cardinals late last season. Since his All-Pro season with Carolina in 2015, Norman's play has deteriorated, but he should see regular snaps on a one-year deal with the Bills. © Bill Streicher / USA Today Sports Images