This Sunday Peyton Manning will return to the stadium that is home to the team with which he spent 14 seasons, went to the Super bowl twice, and took home a ring.
"There's a lot of people who think that Lucas Oil Stadium wouldn't have been built without Peyton, and without Lucas Oil there is no Super Bowl, there's no doubt about that," Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said. "He meant so much to the city."
Indianapolis still loved Manning even after he was sent to Denver to play with the Broncos when they drafted quarterback Andrew Luck.
The Colts were put in a tough spot when Manning missed a season due to injury, and the team ended up having an abysmal year. They were put in the position to draft an NFL-ready prospect quarterback in Luck, and did so parting ways with Peyton Manning in the process.
This Sunday is Manning's first time back in Lucas Oil Stadium since he called that place home. According to LA Times Manning doesn't really know what to expect going back home.
"I think I'd be wrong to try to predict or guess," he said. "It's certainly a unique game. Somebody asked me earlier, 'Is it the same as playing against [younger brother] Eli?' And I said, 'I guarantee Robert Mathis hits a heck of a lot harder than Eli does.'"
As much as this is a storybook type game, it is also an important one for the 6-0 Broncos, Fox Sports notes. It is a big game for the fight for first place in the AFC, as it seems right now is only between the Broncos and Chiefs.
So how will coming home affect Peyton Manning's play tonight? I guess we'll just have to wait and find out.