Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning has torn plantar fascia

In the team's first nine games of 2014 he threw 29 touchdowns to seven interceptions.

"Hopefully, he'll figure out a way to feel as good as he can and get a plan for getting back to playing the way he knows how to play", Eli Manning said Monday.

Osweiler, who will make his first career start, was also effusive in his praise of Manning. Manning was very bad on Sunday as he completed only 5 of 20 passes for a total of 35 passing yards with 4 interceptions.

The Chicago Bears host the Denver Broncos in one of the most anticipated National Football League games on Sunday, November 2 start time at 1:00 PM ET, at Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill.

The status of Manning will be reviewed next Monday after he spends the week working on rehabilitation from injuries to his foot, rib cage and shoulder, all of which have caused him problems in recent weeks. Broncos coach Gary Kubiak is going with backup Brock Osweiler as he tries to get his 39-year-old quarterback healthy.

In the immediate aftermath of that announcement, ESPN's NFL Insiders quietly dropped another nugget of knowledge. I hate to see him playing this way too, even as a Tom Brady fanboy. How could a senior, respected reporter not let the football world in on an injury like that to one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time? He's a fourth-year pro from Arizona State whom GM John Elway selected in the second round of the 2012 draft with the explicit intention of serving as Manning's protege and eventual successor. "I think that he'll do a tremendous job leading this team, being a leader and taking over until Peyton is able to come back". Much has been made about the partially torn plantar fascia in his left heel.

Look for Kubiak to use Osweiler on bootleg plays, something Manning struggled to run. Manning had absolutely no arm strength on Sunday, consistently underthrowing his receivers on throws downfield. Pundits like to mention all of his misfires down the field are overthrows, but that's because Manning is launching his entire body into those throws, causing wild inaccuracy.

The positive for the timing of Manning's injury is that the Broncos have a stranglehold on the division in spite of their two consecutive losses. "As I shared with him, he's probably going to have a lot of coaches this week - a few who aren't coaches - that are going to be offering him tips of advice". And it was deserved. Osweiler is an unknown and Manning is a future hall of farmer, any chance you can have a QB of Manning's level miss a game it obviously gives the Bears a better chance to win. "At the end of the day, it's just a football game". I believe in Peyton Manning this Peyton Manning and he will succeed because he is a leader and not a quitter! Again, inexact. But I hope you can appreciate the spirit of this exercise.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Peyton, as un-clutch and relatively overrated as I may consider him.

"We may have seen the last of Peyton Manning for a little while", Rapoport said on Monday. Although the Jaguars were not set before hurriedly snapping the ball with one second on the lock, the officials allowed the play to be run.