Latest from NFL: Osweiler throws TD pass on first drive
The latest from NFL games around the league on the 11th Sunday of the season (all times EST):
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Brock Osweiler's off to a good start in his first NFL start.
The longtime backup to Peyton Manning drove Denver on its first opening touchdown drive this season.
He hit Demaryius Thomas on a 48-yarder to give the Broncos a quick 7-0 lead after the Broncos had forced Chicago to go three-out-out on the Bears' first drive.
Osweiler is starting in place of Manning, whose franchise record 57-game starting streak came to an end because of a variety of injuries.
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12:55
Peyton Manning's longtime backup Brock Osweiler is preparing to make his first NFL start today in Chicago. The Denver Broncos quarterback is celebrating his 25th birthday and making his first start since the 2011 MAACO Bowl for Arizona State.
Manning stayed behind in Denver to continue getting treatment on a variety of injuries.
Another backup is making his first start of the season today as Mark Sanchez gets the nod in Philadelphia because Sam Bradford has a concussion and injured left shoulder.
And in Atlanta, Matt Hasselbeck gets his third start of the season for the Colts with Andrew Luck sidelined with a lacerated kidney he sustained on a hard hit two weeks ago from Denver's Vance Walker and Danny Trevathan.
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