At least two Denver Broncos players say they know exactly who will be the team’s starting quarterback come Week 1 of the 2016 regular season.
Mark Sanchez.
According to Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report, there’s “no mystery” about Denver’s starter at quarterback. The two players are convinced it’ll be Sanchez, not Trevor Siemian or rookie first-round pick Paxton Lynch.
The report comes as no surprise.
Siemian is a seventh-round pick from the 2015 NFL draft, while Lynch is a rookie entering his first NFL training camp. Meanwhile, Sanchez has played seven years, making 72 starts and attempting over 2,000 passes. He’s the safe, veteran option, and his experience—however poor or embarrassing he was at times for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles—gives him a huge advantage over two quarterbacks who have never attempted a pass in the NFL.
Sanchez isn’t a world-beater, but Siemian and Lynch would likely need to have kill it at training camp to win the job.
In fact, Freeman made it patently clear what it would take for Sanchez not to start against the Carolina Panthers to begin the season:
“The only way Sanchez doesn’t start is if he throws 400 interceptions in the preseason or aliens zap the stadium, Independence Day-style. Sanchez throws a lot of interceptions, but not that many.”
