The second-quarter play symbolized the challenge of change. Peyton Manning took a shotgun snap Saturday and looked right. Wide receiver Cody Latimer cut hard on a slant. He was covered, but tight end Owen Daniels was not.
Daniels stood in the end zone with his arms in the air, waiting for a pass that never came. Manning fired incomplete to Latimer as San Francisco 49ers safety Jaquiski Tartt dived into the Denver quarterback's knees.
Level of concern remains a relative concept in the preseason. But after the Broncos' 19-12 victory Saturday night, chewing fingernails and downing a few slugs of Pepto-Bismol is permissible.