He won the job over veteran Mark Sanchez and rookie Paxton Lynch.
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It was becoming obvious that Siemian was going to win the job as the first three preseason games unfolded.
For Sanchez things didn’t work out as expected as today the Broncos named Trevor Siemian their starter. Following the retirement of Peyton Manning and the departure of Brock Osweiler via free agency, Denver had been searching for a quarterback to start the 2016 season. Earlier in the half, Siemian was tagged with an interception that on replay appeared to hit the ground before the Rams defender got up to run with the ball. “I think those two guys are right there with each other”.
The Broncos still have a number of weapons on offense to help make Siemian’s transition easier. The Denver Broncos announced Trevor Siemian as their Week 1 starting quarterback, and are now trying to trade Mark Sanchez, according to Pro Football Talk.
The starting QB, for now, of the Denver Broncos is Trevor Siemian. And when it was all said and done, Kubiak said the decision about who would start the regular-season opener September 8 against the Carolina Pantherswould be made in the coming days. But, through internal competitions and the preseason games, it seems the Denver organization has narrowed down its choice for starting quarterback by picking Siemian over Lynch and Sanchez, leaving the latter as a third stringer.
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“I do”, Siemian said. If everything goes wrong, and Siemian is awful and Lynch isn’t close to being ready, both GM John Elway and Gary Kubiak have left themselves vulnerable to huge criticism. The Broncos open the season September 8 against the Carolina Panthers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in a rematch of Super Bowl 50, which the Broncos won, 24-10, on February 7. I watch how much he’s improved, in my opinion, the grasp that he has on what we’re doing. Siemian was the better quarterback. Still, there is no denying the fact that Trevor Siemian is a starting National Football League quarterback, and that seemed to be a wildly unlikely scenario just a few weeks ago. Sanchez was set to make $4.5 million in 2016, and the Broncos will recoup $3.5 million of it if he’s cut. Asked following the game to evaluate Siemian’s performance, Kubiak noted the calm Siemian showed, something Siemian’s teammates have referenced as well.
