Broncos announce Mark Sanchez will start preseason opener
Mark Sanchez is the Broncos? starting quarterback. At least this week.
Broncos coach Gary Kubiak announced today that Sanchez will start the team?s preseason opener on Thursday night. Kubiak plans to let Sanchez play a quarter, let Trevor Siemian play the second quarter and give first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch the full second half.
Kubiak said the preseason is important, but more for determining which backups make the roster than for determining who will start.
?The majority of this game is going to be about our twos and our threes,? Kubiak said. ?I think this is the game to look at all those young players. The more I can play [Lynch], the more I can find out about him. If the game is rhythmic like I hope, then hopefully he plays a whole half. We?ve kind of been practicing that way, too; he practices a lot at the end of practice. So we?ll keep that same rhythm.?
Sanchez appears to be the favorite to win the starting quarterback job, but Siemian will get every opportunity to beat him out, and may start next week?s second preseason game.
Mark Sanchez is the Broncos? starting quarterback. At least this week.
Broncos coach Gary Kubiak announced today that Sanchez will start the team?s preseason opener on Thursday night. Kubiak plans to let Sanchez play a quarter, let Trevor Siemian play the second quarter and give first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch the full second half.
Kubiak said the preseason is important, but more for determining which backups make the roster than for determining who will start.
?The majority of this game is going to be about our twos and our threes,? Kubiak said. ?I think this is the game to look at all those young players. The more I can play [Lynch], the more I can find out about him. If the game is rhythmic like I hope, then hopefully he plays a whole half. We?ve kind of been practicing that way, too; he practices a lot at the end of practice. So we?ll keep that same rhythm.?
Sanchez appears to be the favorite to win the starting quarterback job, but Siemian will get every opportunity to beat him out, and may start next week?s second preseason game.
