John Elway finally had to take a look at what “Plan B” will be for the Denver Broncos, as Brock Osweiler took the reins for Peyton Manning in the third quarter of a 29-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

It was a historic day for Manning, who passed Brett Favre for the all-time passing yards record. But a historically bad day, as well, as the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback was intercepted four times and left the game with a 0.0 passer rating.

“Plan Brock” went three-and-out on his first possession and was intercepted on his second, a tipped ball in the end zone with the Broncos down three and playing in “touchdowns only” mode down 22 points. But it wasn’t all gloom for the fourth-year backup.

Osweiler ended the day 14-for-24 for 146 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked three times for 20 yards, but also escaped pressure and ran just as many times and for nearly as many yards (18).

Given the circumstances, and the pressure of replacing Manning in such a game, Osweiler deserves a great deal of credit for staying composed and leading two scoring drives and two drives of a dozen or more plays.

As the torch was passed – at least through the final whistle of the loss to KC – here’s how the team at MHS and the greater-Denver media saw things…

Osweiler gets the call from Gary Kubiak…

https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/666040349500968960

Brock’s second possession had promise, but didn’t end well…

https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/666042081253588992

Still there were more than a couple positives from Brock…

And the Manning vs. Osweiler comparisons couldn’t be avoided…