Starting QB is?
Coach Vance Joseph says all three in discussion to play.
Broncos coach Vance Joseph made one major decision Monday morning in an effort to reboot the offense, but another one looms.
Joseph plans to meet with newly promoted offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave and the rest of the offensive staff over the next couple of days to discuss which quarterback will be the best fit, since the offense figures to change.
And, for now, all three quarterbacks — Brock Osweiler, Paxton Lynch and Trevor Siemian — will be in the discussion.
“We got three guys on the roster that we like, and we’ll see what’s Bill’s vision for the offense and who fits it best,” Joseph said Monday.
The Broncos opened the season with Trevor Siemian, who guided the team to a 3-1 start before the bye week. But he was benched after the Broncos lost three straight after the break, primarily because of turnovers. In his seven starts this season, Siemian completed 61.5 percent of his passes for 238.4 yards per game, a total of nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
Osweiler took over in Week 9 at Philadelphia, but the offense has continued to lag. Denver has gone 0-3 with Osweiler at the helm and has tallied more turnovers (six) than touchdowns (four).
Paxton Lynch was named the backup and made active for the first time this season on Sunday following a near-three-month recovery from a shoulder sprain.
Although Joseph and general manager John Elway have said they’re taking the season and their quarterback changes on a weekto-week basis, the prevailing thinking is that the spiraling Broncos will want to give Lynch playing time this season to, at the very least, see what they have in him before retooling the offense. Lynch played three games last year, starting two in place of Siemian, and completed 59 percent of his passes. He averaged 165.7 yards per game. And he had a total of two touchdowns and one interception.
In only his second season, Lynch will have to adapt to his third coordinator. If Lynch is called upon Sunday, however, Joseph said any changes in the playbook and offense will be adapted to him.
“That’s on the coaches, that’s on myself. If he does play for us, it’s got to be a system that fits Paxton. He’s practiced the last two weeks,” Joseph said. “And again, it won’t be soccer. It’s football for him. What he’s practiced the last couple of weeks, it may be called a little different, it may be called more of the same stuff, but it’s just football. He’ll be fine.”