There is a difference. Siemian is good enough to be an NFL starter, not just on the Broncos, but quite a few teams. So, the fact that he started 14.5 games, we can compare his performance (not potential) against other first year starters.
In Lynch, we have a guy that was a 2-3 year project and that couldn't beat out Siemian as a rookie or second year player. To our eyes, in limited playing time, he doesn't seem markedly improved, but the coaches claim he has made strides. Considering last year he was working on skills like repeating plays on the sideline, because in college he was never asked to call a play in a huddle, he had a long way to go.
There is absolutely no way to know if Lynch can develop, other than to give it time and see if he does develop. The same way there is no way to know if Siemian will get better in his 2nd or 3rd year starting, unless he gets a second and third year. All the talk of him already reaching his ceiling or being able to do much better with a better line and running game is nothing more than speculation. Siemian has to go and prove it. Lynch has to go and prove whether he can develop into a starting QB, there is no way to know if he can.
Siemian flashed sufficient ability in his rookie year that we felt obligated to keep 3 QBs on a Super Bowl winning roster.
Paxton hasn't flashed that ability. He's just getting by on pedigree. Or in other words, I think we know more than you suggest at this stage. We should probably look hard at trading Paxton this offseason if we feel like Sloter and Kelly are on the come.
Unless the 2-3 projections on him were correct, and then he might be worth waiting for. How Siemian does this year, combined with Kelly's health and lack of shooting up any nightclubs, along with how the Broncos feel about Sloter could go a long way in determining if they want to wait on Paxton.
It's only a guess, but my guess is that Joseph is serious when he talks about how a coaching staff loves the idea of a QB with Lynch's physical tools. The fact that the reports are that Lynch is dramatically improved in shorts and one on one type drills, but starts to struggle in padded, team drills and non scripted, tells me that he's starting to get the fundamentals down, but is still having to think too much when it comes to real scenario-based football.
That part could become more second nature to him with more time, and let him just go out and focus on making plays, rather than thinking hard to not make mistakes.
On the flip side, his apparently inability to go through his progressions and scan the whole field maybe something he can never overcome. I just think it's too early to know, and the upside to it "clicking" when he's a Broncos is more valuable than a mid to late round pick we might get for him.
Probably, but there is precedent for claiming UDFA QB after cuts. His preseason film is of a quality similar to other highly drafted rookie QBs. Some reports of scouts that hoped to nab him after the draft, and now he's got real film.
There are some teams with QB questions, and about 10-20 teams will carry 3, including a developing player. Is Sloter a better use of a roster spot than a Nathan Peterman, Cooper Rush, Brad Kaaya, Dan Orlovsky, Nate Sudfeld, or Thaddeus Lewis? It would not surprise me if some front offices out there felt the answer is yes.
http://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchartpos/QB
Originally Posted by Sting
Cut the bitch.
Last edited by BroncoJoe; 08-22-2017 at 04:34 PM. Reason: corrected quote
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