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Broncos, Peyton Manning look to work out kinks in new offense against 49ers

DENVER – The Denver Broncos will play their third preseason game at 9 p.m. ET Saturday vs. the San Francisco 49ers in Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Here’s a couple of things to watch for during the game?

Why watch: This will be the last action of the preseason for the Broncos regulars as most of the starters are expected to play at least a half. That includes quarterback Peyton Manning, who has played just 21 snaps – all last week against the Houston Texans – so far in the preseason. The Broncos starters haves scored just one touchdown on offense and don’t have a rushing touchdown in the preseason so the Broncos could certainly use to find a little rhythm on that side of the ball to be sure.

Did you know: In what is a sure sign there has been some turnover at the top along the way the five most experienced players on the Broncos roster – Manning (18th season), defensive end Antonio Smith (12th season), outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware (11th season), guard Evan Mathis (11th season) and tight end Owen Daniels (10th season)– are all free agents signed since 2012 with Smith and Daniels having been signed earlier this offseason and Mathis having been signed this week.