Mark Sanchez has officially lost the starting quarterback job for the Denver Broncos, and the Dallas Cowboys currently need a backup quarterback. Sense where this is going?
On the same day the Broncos named former seventh-round pick Trevor Siemian the team’s Week 1 starter, a report from NFL Network has linked Denver with an attempt to trade Sanchez to the Cowboys—who recently lost starter Tony Romo to a fractured vertebra in his back.
But Dallas might not be interested.
Denver has contacted Dallas about a trade for Mark Sanchez. The Cowboys are not interested in a trade if it involves his current salary.
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) August 29, 2016
Widely expected to start for the defending champions, Sanchez couldn’t shake his fondness for turnovers and lost a golden opportunity to open Week 1 as the Broncos’ top quarterback. Head coach Gary Kubiak named Siemian—who has exactly one career snap in the NFL—his starter on Monday morning.
The Broncos are now likely looking at trade opportunities for Sanchez, who is due $4.5 million in 2016. Denver can save the money and a conditional draft pick if Sanchez isn’t on the Week 1 roster.
The Cowboys have the obvious need at quarterback, where fourth-round rookie Dak Prescott will start in place of Romo.
However, Dallas likely has no interest in Sanchez at his current price point, especially after he couldn’t beat out Siemian for the job in Denver. The Broncos have plenty of incentive to simply release Sanchez, so the Cowboys could simply wait out the process and make a run at the former first-round pick once he’s available.
It sounds like Sanchez is all but done in Denver. Dallas might be a legitimate landing spot, but it likely won’t happen via trade.