Saturday, their quarterbacks heard a earful from coach Gary Kubiak. The Broncos coach instead dragged out the drama another 24 hours.
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Kubiak added that he’s not sure who he’ll start next week, but the next week or so will be telling when the team has two practices against the 49ers as well as a game against them on August 20.
“I don’t know”, he said. Trevor Siemian started 3 of 3 passing. Both are listed as the starter on the team’s first depth chart. Kubiak said this past week that Sanchez’s accuracy wavers when the play is extended, which is something he has worked with Sanchez to conquer.
Sanchez, who reached back-to-back AFC Championship Games for the New York Jets in his first two National Football League seasons but started only 10 games total the past three years, completed seven of eight passes for 91 yards on the game’s opening drive. I wasn’t really sure if he was going to go or not, but he wants to be out there with us. “That’s the most important thing”. It’s his call all the way and we just have to keep competing for the whole season.
Denver is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 Thursday games, while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 on grass and 4-1 in their last 5 overall.
The Broncos traded for Sanchez after Peyton Manning retired in March and Brock Osweiler signed with Houston two days later.
Which players stood out most in Thursday’s game?
The last time Trevor Siemian quarterbacked as a part of the Chicago area, it was a 38-14 win over Purdue in 2014, a game that would cost Siemian the end of his senior season with a kneee injury.
One of the few veterans on the “D” who did play, while tallying a ferocious sack, was Safety T.J. Ward.
This is why many Northwestern fans were surprised when Siemian was taken with the 250th pick in the draft a year ago, especially since his Northwestern career ended due to an ACL tear.
Chicago’s defense had just eight interceptions last season, a number that has to be higher this year if they want to contend for a playoff spot. “I wasn’t getting a ton of reps”, he said. “But center, I’ve got a lot of work to do”.
The San Francisco 49ers have their own quarterback situation to sort out, but I still find myself keeping an eye on the other notable QB competition.
Siemian has a chance to surprise, but realistically he’s a longshot no matter what Kubiak and Co. say publicly.
Talib returned to practice Monday and increased his workload Tuesday, but he is not ready to play Thursday.
The defending Super Bowl champs didn’t dress either Von Miller or DeMarcus Ware; fellow outside linebacker Shane Ray shared Cutler’s first sack with lineman Derek Wolfe.
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“I felt like guard went pretty good today”, he said. “A week or two I should be all right”.
