"I don't like excuses but I do think that lightning delay did slow us down," Manning said. "You guys have seen teams break it down: You come up for the team prayer, you put your hands in and you say, 'Broncos on 3,' and you go out to the field.
"We did it three times tonight," Manning said. "We did it, went back and sat down for 10 minutes, and came back up again. 'Broncos on 3,' now sit down for another 10 minutes. I know they had to deal with it, too, but it took us a while to get started."