It’s that “infectious” competitive spirit free agent offensive tackle, and Denver-area native, Jeremiah Sirles said won over the Minnesota Vikings locker room last season.
“When he walked into the locker room nobody really knew what he was,” said Sirles, who co-hosted with Zach Bye on Thursday for “Stokley and Zach.”
“But he left that locker room being a quarterback that took over Week 2 and took us to the NFC Championship, and there wasn’t a single guy in the Vikings locker room that did not respect him, that did not hold him in an extremely high level of esteem as a person.”
And it’s those intangibles Sirles pointed to as evidence that Keenum may not be just a bridge quarterback but one who could lead the Broncos to a world championship.
“It’s not even a question in my mind if he’d be able to go in there and lead that team to a Super Bowl from that position,” Sirles said. “The way the dude works, the way the guy prepares, and the way he practices and plays are all Super Bowl-caliber type qualities.”