Peyton Manning not close to returning as Broncos’ QB

Peyton Manning not close to returning as Broncos’ QB

All the speculation over returning Brock Osweiler to his backup role when Peyton Manning gets back could prove a waste of time.

Sitting at his locker to take the weight off his injured left foot, Manning said during a nine-minute interview that his focus isn’t on his future or who starts at quarterback for the Broncos.

More NFL meetings: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has asked the league’s competition committee to look into how games are officiated, and the size of the rule book.

Benched for bad behavior, Manziel will remain on the sideline after Cleveland head coach Mike Pettine picked quarterback Austin Davis to start Sunday against the Bengals.

Manziel recently was stripped of his starting job by Pettine after a video surfaced of the second-year quarterback partying in Texas during the team’s bye week.

With starter Josh McCown done for the season with a broken collarbone, Pettine had to promote one of his backups and chose Davis, who came off the bench in Monday night’s loss to Baltimore and put the Browns into position to win the game, but Travis Coons’ 51-yard field-goal attempt was blocked by the Ravens and returned 64 yards for a TD as time expired.

Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck says he has cleared one more hurdle in his recovery from a lacerated kidney and a partially torn abdominal muscle.

Darrelle Revis is still in the NFL’s concussion protocol, leaving his status uncertain for the Jets’ game Sunday against the Giants. ...

Kansas City placed guard Ben Grubbs on injured reserve with a neck injury and brought in backup center Daniel Munyer.