CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Devon and Evan came up big for the Broncos .
With Carolina up 14-13 late in the third quarter Sunday at Bank of America Stadium, the Panthers looked primed to score again when they had first-and-goal at the Broncos’ 1. Bryce Young then threw what appeared to be an incompletion in the end zone to tight end Tommy Tremble that linebacker Justin Strnad broke up.
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Not so fast. Evan Rothstein, the Broncos director of game management and assistant quarterback coach, radioed down to head coach Sean Payton on the sideline and told him to challenge the play. Payton did so, and a replay review showed that Devon Key, a Denver safety, had caught the ball in the end zone after it banged off Tremble’s hands and just before it hit the ground. The call was overturned and dubbed an interception.
That turned the game around and the Broncos won 26-21 , their 16th straight regular-season one-score victory.…
