Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler sustained a knee sprain in the team's season finale against the San Diego Chargers, but it's not expected to stop him from acting as backup to the team's newly-named postseason starter Peyton Manning.

Osweiler was replaced by Manning during the season finale, who went on to lead the Broncos to victory, and secured Denver the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

It's not thought Osweiler's injury factored into the decision to go with Manning.

Osweiler was unable to practice on Thursday, but with a bye week to recover, it appears to just be a precautionary measure.

The Broncos announced Thursday that Manning would start in the divisional round of the playoffs, his first start in two months since suffering a torn plantar fascia in his left foot.