[Quesadilla Joe]

Bare-handed Peyton Manning throwing better than ever

All this buzz about Brock Osweiler. Peyton Manning is taking his gloves off.

In his previous three years with the Broncos, Manning has mostly worn a glove on his right throwing hand to help him with the grip he partially lost with all those neck surgeries in 2011.

Hey, Tom Brady takes air out of the football . Manning legally wears a glove.

Seemingly overlooked is Manning has not been wearing a throwing glove during training camp. And he probably won't in the preseason game Saturday at Houston.

Yes, it's warm in Denver during training camp and insufferably hot in Houston half the year. But Manning wore a glove on his throwing hand during the offseason practices in June.

It's also worth noting that since he shed the glove, Manning at 39 has been throwing tight spirals on deep passes like he never did when he was 36, 37 and 38. He threw another deep beauty Monday to Andre "Bubba" Caldwell.

"He's been strong," said running back Montee Ball. "His balls have nice velocity. He looks healthy."

Has the nerve running from his neck to his right hand fully regenerated? Manning said that's not the case. He will still need the glove in cold weather.

He warmed up while wearing the glove on his right hand prior to the preseason game Friday in Seattle, where it was raining until game time.

Manning didn't play in that game. Osweiler did. And played well, completing 15 of 20 passes for 151 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown to Virgil Green to finish off a 2-minute drive near the end of the first half.

But Manning was back with the first team Monday and he's expected to play two to four series in the second preseason game Saturday in Houston.

So what's with the tight spirals on the deep passes?

"You mean after 18 years I've finally figured out how to throw it?" he said in his self-deprecating humor.

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