Julius Thomas underwent an MRI on Monday and it showed that he did not suffer a high ankle sprain.

Thomas has scored eight touchdowns this season as one of Peyton Manning's favorite targets.

"Just left the facility MRI showed it wasn't a high ankle sprain so I won't be down long. Be back soon," wrote Thomas on Twitter

Ronnie Hillman will be inactive this week after his costly fumble last week against the Indianapolis Colts.

“If you follow the game and look around the league, most of your top backs have two or three fumbles," said John Fox. "It’s not anything you like; it’s not anything we’re happy about. I’m sure if you ask him, he’d probably reply the same. But it’s no different than I feel comfortable having (wide receiver Andre Caldwell) be out there catching the ball. (Hillman) is part of our running back corps -- he actually had some very nice runs in the game.’’

Peyton Manning told owner Jim Irsay that the Indianapolis Colts should draft Andrew Luck with the first overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft.

"Circumstances created this decision," Irsay said. "You have to understand there's no way this occurs if [Peyton's] in Indy. It's just impossible, where our salary cap was. Having him stay at the type of number that he expected and deserved to earn and all those things."

Manning was coming off multiple neck surgeries and his future was short at best and could be over.

"He said, 'You've got to take Andrew,'" Irsay recounted. "'You have to. You're crazy if you don't.'"

The decision benefitted both players as Manning went to a playoff team in need of a quarterback in the Denver Broncos and Luck could grow with a rebuilt Colts' roster.

"I think it's perfect," Irsay said. "What's happened is what Peyton and I hoped would happen. The desire was for him to get well and get to a team that has a chance to win another Super Bowl before his career ended. And our desire was to be able to transition to Andrew. To be so good so soon is stunning."

When Peyton Manning returns to play the Indianapolis Colts in Week 7, the franchise he played 14 season for will give him a major tribute.

"We're going to have a great tribute to him," Jim Irsay said while in Washington for NFL owners meetings on Tuesday. "It's going to be something where you go into it wanting to have a lot of fun, where you love Peyton as a Colt fan, but now we're competing against him."

Manning left the Colts after the 2011 season when they were in position to draft Andrew Luck and rebuild their roster.

Peyton Manning has faced very little pressure from opposing defenses this season.

On 203 drop-backs, Manning has faced pressure just 18.7 percent of the time, which is at the bottom of the NFL.

The Dallas Cowboys pressured Manning on just seven of 42 drop-backs on Sunday.

The Denver Broncos are approximately 28-point favorites for their Week 6 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, which is the most lopsided betting line in NFL history.

The Broncos are 5-0, while the Jaguars are 0-5.

Mitch Berger was a punter for the Denver Broncos in 2009 during the tenure of Josh McDaniels.

McDaniels was fired after the Broncos had a 3-9 record in his second season.

"He was a little punk," said Berger about McDainels.

McDaniels has since returned to the New England Patriots as offensive coordinator.