Today at 4:40 p.m. ET, the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos collide in an NFL divisional playoff matchup live from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. The game can be live streamed here. Indianapolis fans can hear all of the action on WFXN 1340 while Denver fans can do the same on 850 KOA.
Indianapolis finished the 2014 slate with an 11-4 record that clinched the AFC South for the second straight year and it rolls in off of defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 26-10 on Wild-Card weekend last week.
Denver had last week off after finishing the regular season with a with a 12-4 record en route to its fourth straight AFC West crown.
The Broncos are looking to make it to the AFC Championship Game for the second straight season while the Colts look to get there for the first time since 2009 when they made it to the Super Bowl with Manning under center.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning meets his old team again after toppling it 31-24 in Week 1 on Sept. 7 while Colts quarterback Andrew Luck faces his predecessor. Manning spent 14 years with Indianapolis before ties were cut and he came to Denver in 2012.
While much will be made about the Manning vs. Luck matchup, the Colts signal caller isn't putting too much stock into it.
"It's not the quarterback versus quarterback thing. We're not on the field at the same time," Luck told ESPN. "I have a lot of respect for [Manning], what he does, what he still does is amazing. He's a stud. I'll worry about the Denver defense, that's what I worry about."
After a record-setting season in 2013, Manning didn't quite live up to it this season, though he had a solid campaign despite slowing down over the last four weeks.
Manning went 395-for-597 (66.2 percent) this season for 4,727 yards with 39 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in the regular season.
As for Luck, he was 380 of 616 (61.7 percent) in 2014 for 4,761 yards with an NFL-best 40 scores and 16 picks.
The Broncos defense knows it will have its hands full with the Colts MVP candidate signal caller.
"He's one of those guys that you have to play a 60-minute game against," Broncos Pro Bowl defensive endDeMarcus Ware told ESPN about Luck. "He has really good pocket awareness. He's always one of those guys, just like Peyton, where he hits the open guy the majority of the time. He plays a fundamentally sound game."
Luck has plenty of weapons to go to through the air, including Reggie Wayne and T.Y. Hilton, who led the team with 1,345 receiving yards off of 82 catches and notched seven touchdowns.
Manning has a solid arsenal in his own right with guys like Julius Thomas and Demaryius Thomas. Demaryius Thomas had a team-best 1,619 yards on 111 receptions and found the end zone 11 times in the regular season.
Julius Thomas torched Indianapolis for for seven catches and a season-high 104 yards in September.
One of these teams will stamp their ticket to the AFC Championship Game when the Colts and Broncos take the field this afternoon at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver.
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