Sanchez did not play in the Broncos final two preseason games after head coach Gary Kubiak named Trevor Siemian the starting quarterback in preseason Week 3. “But you know when you get here they have all these great players and you see why they’ve won”. He was the Broncos’ sixth-round pick and his performance throughout the offseason was a big reason why the Broncos waived Juwan Thompson during the latest roster cuts. Denver is the first team since the 2001 Baltimore Ravens to try to go back-to-back after losing its top two quarterbacks.
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“There were a lot of options and a lot of different things going on”, said Broncos GM John Elway about releasing Sanchez. Both Spruce and Crawley were undrafted rookies along with former Colorado State cornerback DeAndre Elliott, another undrafted player who made the Seahawks initial 53-man roster.
The Cowboys began a search for quarterback help after starter Tony Romo fractured a bone in his back, sidelining him for at least six weeks. Any time you walk into a Super Bowl team, the quarterback is going to be a big part of it, especially when you follow a guy who retired, like [QB] Peyton [Manning] retired previous year.
He’s eligible for the practice squad because of an National Football League rule that allows teams to have up to four players who have two or more accrued seasons on their practice squad. “It would be very disappointing if we were told at this point in time”.
“We had one we changed our mind on in the 24-hour period we had to talk to him”, Elway said.
The Broncos also kept punter Riley Dixon (seventh round) as veteran punter Britton Colquitt was released when the Broncos cut the roster to 75 players last week.
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The #Broncos signed QB Austin Davis, who turned down a deal with Dallas because he wanted guaranteed money, to a 1-year deal.
