The numbers tell it all. Exactly 227 consecutive starts. Eleven playoff appearances. Eleven double-digit winning seasons. Eight division crowns. Two AFC titles. One Super Bowl championship. Peyton Manning has quarterbacked the Indianapolis Colts every Sunday since Sept. 6, 1998. He won't this weekend. Manning will be in street clothes when the team opens the season at Houston, still recovering from neck surgery while Kerry Collins starts in his place. "It's going to be a little different without Peyton," coach Jim Caldwell said. "He's one of a kind. When you look across our league, most teams have had quarterbacks that have missed time. Ours has just been highly unusual." Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6939814/peyton-manning-disappointed-miss-indianapolis-colts-opener
