Parker joined The Denver Post in September 2022 after covering the Broncos for USA Today. Before that, he spent five years covering Nebraska football and athletics for the Lincoln Journal Star. He's a New Glarus, Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin graduate.
Denver Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham answers questions from the media after practice at Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit in Englewood, Co on Aug. 7, 2024. The sixth-year quarterback will start Denver’s preseason opener Sunday at Indianapolis, head coach Sean Payton confirmed after practice Friday.
The decision to start Stidham, the lone incumbent in the Broncos’ quarterback room, is not a surprise. In fact, it’s in line with how Payton has conducted the entire offseason. When OTAs began in May, Stidham had the first day with the first team, followed by rookie first-round draft pick Bo Nix and then 2021 first-round pick Zach Wilson. When minicamp started in June, Stidham had the first day. When training camp started? More of the same.
Nix is still expected to push Stidham for the starting job by Week 1 in Seattle and it would be a moderate surprise if the rookie didn’t ultimately win the job, but Payton has stuck to giving Stidham first-team work for the first stanza of camp, so it follows that the plan would extend to at least the first preseason game.
“The second year in the system … things are coming more naturally to me within the system and that sort of thing,” Stidham said Wednesday before finding out he was starting the first preseason game. “I feel like training camp so far has been really good, just going back and forth every day, learning the guys.”
Payton said earlier this week that the coaching staff and personnel department were holding meetings Tuesday and Wednesday to talk through the roster and set the play plan for Indianapolis. He’s also reiterated he expects most or all healthy starters to get at least some snaps in the game.Broncos Journal: Aside from Bo Nix and the QB competition, here’s a viewing guide to preseason opener vs. ColtsBroncos ILB Jonas Griffith is rediscovering his game — and himself — after 1.
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