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The Broncos are still 6-0, so it’s not as if it’s time to change things or go all-in. But it’s equally clear that Peyton Manning isn’t Peyton Manning, so he and coach Gary Kubiak are going to keep tinkering with the offense after their bye week.

“Obviously, we’ve had a ton of breaks,” Manning said after beating the Browns in overtime, via the Associated Press. “I won’t be going to Vegas for my bye weekend. I’m not feeling lucky now.”

Of course, he is fortunate to be who he is, because any other quarterback with seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions would be on the hot seat right now. To come close to the numbers he’s putting on the board now (61.6 percent completions, 6.5 yards per attempt, 72.5 passer rating), you have to go back to his early days with the Colts. So with the 29th-ranked offense in the league, the Broncos have to continue to evolve.

But while there have been growing pains changing offensive schemes, Manning said he and Kubiak were “committed to trying to get on the same page and get where he and I have a good feel for each other.”

Kubiak pointed having Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders top 100 receiving yards and Ronnie Hillman running for 111 as signs of progress. Of course, the extra football they played helped pad those stats as well.

“Well, first off, I’m going to do what I think, . . . is best for the quarterback,” Kubiak said. “I would never do anything that I don’t think is best for the quarterback. So, that’s my plan every day I go to work.

“We did a lot of good things yesterday. We moved the ball. We need to continue to make that improvement. We had two 100-yard receivers. We had a 100-yard rusher. Those are good things. Those are positive things. We need to protect the ball better. Between he and I, we’ve got to do a better job of that.”

And while the results have remained positive, it’s still hard to argue while Manning and Kubiak are trying to get on the same page, that we’re reading one of the last chapters of a great book.