by Ryan Ebert
Brandon Stokley (35) made a catch in OTA practice Monday that made him look as if he was still 25.
In the past two seasons Stokley was being told by coaches that he was finished. In 2011 they were almost right. Stokley wasn't on a team in training camp and the preseason. He played two games for the Giants before being released.
Peyton Manning lobbed a deep pass down the middle in a two-minute, 11-on-11 drill, and Stokley made a spectacular diving catch to make it first-and-goal from inside the ten.
"This kind of reminds me of my first or second year," said Stokley, who broke into the NFL in 1999 with Baltimore. "Everything is so much more important. All the offseason stuff. I don't take it for granted. For me, every day is so important. Starting now, training camp — preseason games are going to be like regular-season games for me now. I look forward to it."
After the great catch Manning hurried the offense to the line, did a fake spike to stop the clock, and threw the ball to Decker in the endzone to end the drive and the drill.
When Stokley was finished with the workouts, he sat on the bench and received a fist bump from none other than John Elway. A great catch that caught the attention of many people including his own boss.
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