Peyton Manning calls it a day

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Peyton Manning has announced the end of his 18-year National Football League career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 39-year-old quarterback&comma; a five-time winner of the league&&num;8217&semi;s Most Valuable Player award&comma; guided the Denver Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50 last month when they beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When you look at everything Peyton has accomplished as a player and person&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s easy to see how fortunate we&&num;8217&semi;ve been to have him on our team&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Broncos executive vice-president of football operations and general manager John Elway told the team&&num;8217&semi;s website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Manning spent his final four seasons in Denver but the prime of his career came in 14 years at Indianapolis where he led the Colts to two Super Bowls&comma; winning the trophy in 2006&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Orleans-born Manning was also a Super Bowl MVP&comma; a 14-time Pro Bowl selection and a seven-time first-team All-Pro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His teams made the play-offs in 15 of his 18 seasons&comma; and he reached the 4&comma;000-yard passing mark in 14 seasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Manning missed the 2011 season following neck operations before finding a new NFL home at Denver&comma; sparking a run of success in which the Broncos posted a league-high 55 total wins and a &period;764 winning percentage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Broncos made their third consecutive play-off appearance under Manning in 2014 and that season he became the league&&num;8217&semi;s all-time leader in touchdown passes&comma; passing Brett Favre with his 509th touchdown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Manning tore tissue in his left foot in his final season&comma; but he made a remarkable return in week 17 to revive the Broncos&&num;8217&semi; struggling offence against the San Diego Chargers and ultimately lead Denver to Super Bowl glory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Peyton was everything that we thought he was and even more &&num;8211&semi; not only for the football team but in the community&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Elway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m very thankful Peyton chose to play for the Denver Broncos&comma; and I congratulate him on his Hall of Fame career&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed50a050776">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed50a050776'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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