The Denver Broncos closed out their first week of OTAs Thursday with coach Sean Payton praising all three quarterbacks competing for the starting job and cautio
Denver Broncos quarterback Zach Wilson adjusts his headband while stretching before practice at the NFL football team's training headquarters Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Centennial, Colo. ning that nothing should be read into the order in which they take snaps.
Asked about Nix's progress so far, Payton said: "Good, he's farther along than most would be. We're talking about a player who's played 61 games . He's extremely smart. He's picked it up very quickly." "Having two new guys in the room, this is the first time I've been the vet in the room," Stidham said. Otherwise, he said, he's competing for a job just like he has every year he's been in the NFL.
The Broncos have rolled through 13 starting quarterbacks since Peyton Manning retired after Denver won Super Bowl 50 in 2016. Manning goes back a long way with both Stidham and Nix, who as youths participated in his family's passing academy. Although he doesn't know Wilson well, Manning reached out to him when he was traded to the Broncos.
That's what Manning did in Indianapolis in 1998 when he threw 28 interceptions — a rookie record that still stands — and suffered through a 3-13 season that was followed a year later by a 13-3 campaign.
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