Peyton Manning retired 10 years ago today

Oct 19, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Peyton Manning looks on during the game between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

As I was putting together the MHR Roundup post last night, I saw that we are now 10 years ago today type situation with the Peyton Manning era. It really does feel like it wasn't all that long ago, but here we are... a decade since that era ended.

Peyton Manning came to Denver in 2012 right after we collectively lost our minds during Tim Tebowmania and the wild and fun 2011 season. What Manning brought was absolute consistency at the position and with it confidence in the fan base exploded.

Peyton Manning stats with Denver Broncos

Type	Record	Comp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	INT
Regular Season	45-12	1,443	2,170	66.5%	17,112	140	53
Playoffs	5-3	196	309	63.4%	1,950	11	6

He would go on to have the greatest single regular season statistical season in NFL history with almost 5,500 yards and 55 touchdown passes. He would also finish among the franchises best quarterbacks of all-time and achieved that in just four short seasons.

If you really want to go down the rabbit hole, there is a YouTube video of every single touchdown during his Broncos' career. All 152 of them, because there is that one quarterback keeper against the Dallas Cowboys we can't forget about.

We won't talk about the decade in between his retirement and today too much other than to be thankful that the franchise finally found his heir in Bo Nix. We'll have a lot more quarterback highlights to draw from between now and the next 10 years too hopefully.