Brock Osweiler during mini camp at Broncos headquarters. (Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE)

Tuesday afternoon John Elway said that Brock Osweiler was the Denver Broncos quarterback of the future.

“We are set for the future, and he’s our guy for the future,” Elway said. “Sometimes you have to sacrifice the short term for the long term to draft a guy that you believe can be that next guy for you, and that’s Brock Osweiler.”

In some people’s opinions, Osweiler was selected too early for a quarterback his size. He was taken in the second round (57th overall).

“There haven’t been many quarterbacks that are 6’7″, 240+ pounds that have the athleticism that I do,” Osweiler said. “The way I looked at it is if I continued to progress as a quarterback, get better in my time as a college football player, then hopefully I would have a chance to play in the NFL one day.”

His chance has come and now he has the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

“It’s a dream come true as a young quarterback to be in the situation that I’m fortunate enough to be in today,” Osweiler said of playing behind Peyton Manning and playing for John Elway.

Osweiler certainly isn’t the first quarterback to come to Denver with a different type of throwing motion. The Broncos just traded Tim Tebow away after determining that he wasn’t going to be quarterback for the future.

Aside from having the Broncos in common, though, Osweiler and Tebow have a coach in common. Both worked with quarterback coach Noel Mazzone in the offseason.

For Osweiler , Mazzone’s main goal was to get the young quarterback to raise his elbow. In college, Osweiler’s elbow would drop below his shoulder which limits velocity, accuracy, and consistency.

John Fox said he was impressed with the changes that Osweiler made in the offseason when rookie mini camp wrapped up.

As for Osweiler, he’s just happy that life has settled a little after the draft.

“It’s been nice knowing where you’re finally going,” Osweiler said. “You’re sitting on pins and needles for three months.”

Now Osweiler will be sitting on leather chairs as he embarks on endless hours of film study with Manning.

It’s a nice trade off.

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Philip Blake blocks the Texas Longhorns. (Jerome Miron-US PRESSWIRE)

If it’s not about the journey, but the destination, then consider Broncos center Philip Blake the most fortunate player to come out of this year’s draft.

Blake played just one year of football in high school. Born in Canada, Blake played two years of football in the country before Baylor started to recruit him. Blake couldn’t get into Baylor through Clearinghouse so he had to go to a school without a football program, and then enter Baylor as a transfer student.

It sounded easy enough. Blake left his hockey skates and his home country to take a semester at a school without a football program. However, during that time, Baylor moved from Conference USA to the Big 12 which has different eligibility rules. Instead of sitting out another year of football, Blake went to Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. He was required to graduate, so 60 credits later he was finally able to transfer to Baylor.

That makes Blake a 26-year-old NFL rookie. He was 23 when he started at Baylor.

“The funny thing is I wasn’t even the oldest on the team,” Blake said.

Perhaps he would have been taken in the first or second round of the draft if he were a 22-year-old rookie. Instead the Broncos selected him in the fourth round (108th overall).

To Blake, it doesn’t matter where he was selected. He’s happy just to finally be playing in the league.

In college, he was snapping the ball to No. 2 overall pick Robert Griffin Jr. III. In the pros, he has the chance to snap to Peyton Manning.

“I don’t really think about it too much, I just try to do my job here,” Blake said of the two high profile quarterbacks.

When Blake first arrived at Baylor, he played tackle before moving over to center. Broncos starting center and Baylor alum J.D. Walton helped Blake with the transition. Expect Walton to help Blake with this transition as well.

So for the kid that admits he only got into football because of the Madden video game, and for the kid where hockey was the country’s biggest sport, Blake is doing well for himself even if he did take the scenic route to the NFL.

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Brock Osweiler throws the ball during mini camp. (Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE)

The Denver Broncos held a conference call with about 6,000 season ticket holders Tuesday. In case you weren’t able to call in, Lindsay Jones of the Denver Post gives a good recap of the call which was highlighted by quarterback talk.

Elway gave a strong endorsement of rookie quarterback Brock Osweileras Manning’s eventual successor. The Broncos drafted Osweiler at No. 57 in the second round.

“When we looked at Brock, the ability to get that type of quarterback, who I believe has a tremendous amount of upside, I feel like we got great value with that pick,” Elway said. ”We are set for the future, and he’s our guy for the future. Sometimes you have to sacrifice the short term for the long term to draft a guy that you believe can be that next guy for you, and that’s Brock Osweiler.”

Go here to see more highlights from the call.

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