In beating Chiefs, Peyton Manning, Broncos re-establish top status

"To go sackless against the leading sack defense in the NFL, that's a great testament to those guys," Manning said. He didn't have to answer the question.

Michael Rosenberg | Nov 18, 2013

In beating Chiefs, Peyton Manning, Broncos re-establish top status /

A sprained ankle slowed, but couldn't stop, Peyton Manning as he led the Broncos to a 27-17 win. — A sprained ankle slowed, but couldn't stop, Peyton Manning as he led the Broncos to a 27-17 win :: Robert Beck/SI

"To go sackless against the leading sack defense in the NFL, that's a great testament to those guys," Manning said.

He didn't have to answer the question. He already had.

Published Nov 18, 2013

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.