It is not easy following in the footsteps of the Manning brothers.
Two young quarterbacks found that out Sunday, a day after the N.F.L.’s deadline for cutting rosters to 53 players.
Paxton Lynch, a former first-round pick in 2016 by the Denver Broncos, was waived by the team after failing to live up to the expectation that he would fill the vacancy left by Peyton Manning following his retirement after Super Bowl 50.
While Lynch was given three years to prove his ability to the Broncos, the Giants offered an even shorter grace period to their third-round pick from 2017, Davis Webb, whom they released Sunday.