Peyton Manning is an athlete.
The Denver Broncos are an American football team based in Denver , Colorado . The Indianapolis Colts are an American football team based in Indianapolis . This is a list of National Football League ( NFL ) quarterbacks by total career regular season passing touchdowns . Peyton Manning . After undergoing neck surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season , Manning was released by the Colts and signed with the Denver Broncos . A quarterback ( commonly abbreviated to QB ) is a position in American and Canadian football .