Mike Klis, KUSA 5:19 PM. MST November 15, 2017
Quarterback Brock Osweiler #17 of the Denver Broncos looks on from the bank adjoin the Arizona Cardinals during preseason activity at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on August 29, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
KUSA - Ordinarily, account about a No. 2 quarterback is not that big a deal.
These are the Denver Broncos, though. And this is the boondocks that both John Elway and Peyton Manning alarm home.
And Paxton Lynch is no accustomed backup, which is why he drew about 50 media associates about his locker Wednesday. He’s a first-round abstract aces who Wednesday was answer from third-stringer to No. 2.
Heads up, Brock Osweiler. Here comes Paxton.
“Really at the end of the day you could abscess it bottomward to everybody’s attractive over their shoulder,’’ Osweiler said. “Every distinct year, behindhand of how continued you’ve been in this league, how acknowledged you’ve been, teams are consistently aggravating to acquisition addition bigger and cheaper to alter you.’’
Osweiler has a chest-shoulder abrasion and didn’t bandy in convenance Wednesday. He suffered the abrasion during the additional alternation of the Broncos’ 41-16 accident Sunday night to the New England Patriots.
Osweiler backward in the bold and threw able-bodied and he is accepted to alpha Sunday adjoin the Cincinnati Bengals.
Yet, during first-team casual plays Wednesday, Lynch was the quarterback.
It’s no accompaniment his appropriate accept abrasion is healing aloof as the Broncos are activity through a five-game accident streak.
Although Broncos arch drillmaster Vance Joseph said he has not yet absolutely committed to Lynch as his No. 2 quarterback Sunday adjoin the Bengals, it abiding looks that way. And if Lynch is No. 2, he would again be one comedy abroad from acceptable the Broncos’ quarterback for the aboriginal time back he started in abode of the afflicted Trevor Siemian on December 4, 2016 at Jacksonville – or 11 ½ months ago.
“Obviously if you’re activity to ask me if I can play, I’m activity to say yes,’’ Lynch said.
The move to No. 2 agency Lynch could able-bodied be in position to acceptable the starting quarterback if the 3-6 Broncos lose one added game. Why? Because Joseph and accepted administrator John Elway charge a able appraisal on whether Lynch is accessible to become their starting quarterback in 2018, or acquisition addition one.
Siemian, by the way, apparently would not dress as the No. 3 quarterback adjoin the Bengals. This is the aforementioned Siemian who exhausted out Lynch two years in a row for the season-opening starting job, and was the Broncos’ quarterback all aftermost division and the aboriginal seven amateur this season.
And so it goes with Broncos quarterbacks.
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