Denver Broncos

Peyton Manning: Broncos' offense still developing its identity

Published Aug. 31, 2015 12:50 p.m. ET

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Peyton Manning and the Broncos offense is still in somewhat of an identity crisis.

Despite three wins, No. 18 has yet to throw a touchdown pass in three quarters of preseason work.

"We're still very much figuring out who we are and what we're going to be as far as things we can really hang our hat on," Manning told ESPN's Jeff Legwold. "I still think we can win games as we're developing kind of that identity."

Manning's other target, Emmanuel Sanders, has missed preseason action with a hamstring pull. When No. 18 gets his receivers at full strength, he'll demand better results.

Until then, Manning will feel the growing pains any passer would feel in a new system, legend or not.

"Would we like to be a finely-tuned machine going into Week 1? Sure," Manning said. "With some newness, some different players and some different things that we're doing, that's what we're working toward."

(h/t ESPN)