During organized team activities, Kubiak, on the lookout for consistency from his quarterbacks after a year of anything but, created an early depth chart with veteran Mark Sanchez and second-year player Trevor Siemian neck-and-neck for the No. 1 spot. “Since I’ve taken this job back in 2011, our job is to try and be competitive and win championships year in and year out”.
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When Peyton Manning retired and Brock Osweiler signed with the Houston Texans, things weren’t looking good for the Super Bowl 50 Champion Denver Broncos offense.
“I’m ready to go play football”, Miller said on Wednesday.
Linebacker DeMarcus Ware (back) and cornerback Aqib Talib (leg) were held out but did some light jogging and are expected back soon.
The Broncos open the season against the Super Bowl runner-up Carolina Panthers on September 8. Questions about the loss to free agency of defensive starters Malik Jackson and Danny Trevathan.
“Our expectations are still the same”, Elway said to a horde of reporters on the day players reported for medical evaluations. Even so, they rightly have no interest in a quarterback who was benched for Case Keenum.
Kubiak said that the team has no plans to set a “timetable” on its decision.
“I had the pleasure of being a rookie after Brett Favre left NY, and now this is another opportunity to follow a legend”, he said Thursday.
Almost two weeks had passed since he signed his landmark six-year, $114.5 million contract that includes $70 million in guarantees and a title as the highest-paid nonquarterback in National Football League history. The hard feelings that appeared to develop during contract negotiations with general manager John Elway are of the past, replaced by an overwhelming eagerness to return to the field.
Elway said he also told Miller that standards soar commensurate with his weightier wallet. “But we have high expectations on all of us”.
In today’s day and age, athletes continue to get bigger, faster and stronger, and if the Broncos want to stay on top of the mountain, they’ll have to keep up.
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Notes: The Broncos waived RB Cyrus Gray and signed former Ravens WR Marlon Brown, a fourth-year pro who has seven TD catches among his 87 career receptions.
