"I'm glad to get back on the practice field, and I expect to be out there on Sunday in uniform. That's a good step. It's been a long haul, this rehab," Manning said, adding it's a positive step and now he can make more of a contribution during the week and on Sunday. "I'll do what I can to help the team, help Brock. I'm happy to be more a part of it now than just being in street clothes and kind of quarantined in the indoor facility working out on my own."

And you can bet the Broncos' practice squad is loving their new leader. It's not every day the scout team gets reps with a future Hall-of-Famer.