Peyton Manning predicts ‘My Broncos’ for the playoffs

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Eat your heart out, Colts fans.

Appears in Week 14 “ManningCast” — an alternate Monday night football broadcast with Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and guests — the older Manning brother predicted that “min Broncos” will end up making the playoffs.

The prediction comes ahead of Sunday’s pivotal matchup between 8-5 Denver and 6-7 Indianapolis, both of Peyton’s former NFL teams battling for postseason positioning.

“Bill, see you in the playoffs coming up,” Peyton said on air to former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. “Could be my Broncos, could be my Broncos in that playoff game. I’m just calling it right now.”

“That’s your prediction?” answered Eli. “I like it.”

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Coming out of their bye, the Broncos currently have the AFC’s seventh seed with a 73.6% chance to clinch a Wild Card berth, according to ESPN’s Soccer Power Index. These odds could rise or fall dramatically depending on the outcome of Week 15.

Denver is trying to post its first winning record since 2016 and, more importantly, its first playoff appearance since Manning himself hoisted the Super Bowl 50 trophy.

“I don’t know that anybody down there — myself included — has thought right now that this team just needs to have a winning season,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton told reporters Monday. “I understand the question and I appreciate it, but I think our hopes are a little higher.”

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