ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Quarterback Trevor Siemian is stuck between the future and the present, a project in first-rounder Paxton Lynch and a placeholder in Mark Sanchez.
Siemian, a seventh-round draft pick out of Northwestern in 2015, is the only QB on Denver's roster who has taken a snap — albeit just one — in Gary Kubiak's West Coast offense.
He was the only Broncos QB left standing when Brock Osweiler bolted to Houston 48 hours after Peyton Manning's retirement in March.
GM John Elway quickly added Sanchez in a trade with Philadelphia and then last week moved up in the draft to snare Lynch, the mobile Memphis quarterback whom Dallas owner Jerry Jones also coveted, after failing to persuade disgruntled San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick to take less money for a bigger role in Denver.