Kyle Sloter will start Denver Broncos preseason finale
The Denver Broncos aren’t going to risk injury to starting quarterback Trevor Siemian, and with Paxton Lynch out, Kyle Sloter will start vs. Arizona…
Trevor Siemian isn’t going to play in the Denver Broncos’ preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals. Neither is Paxton Lynch, who hurt his throwing shoulder against the Green Bay Packers. That means the start in Thursday night’s preseason finale for the Denver Broncos will go to rookie undrafted free agent Kyle Sloter.
Vance Joseph confirmed this to the media on Monday, saying that Lynch was hurt pretty badly, but nothing season-ending.
Lynch will mis ‘a couple real games’ according to Vance Joseph.
Kyle Sloter will start and likely play the entire game on Thursday night. Siemian the backup, Jordan Taylor the emergency.
— Sayre Bedinger (@SayreBedinger) August 28, 2017
Jordan Taylor being the emergency quarterback is a fun little twist, but don’t expect to see anything come of it. Joseph did say that if Sloter has to ‘tie his shoe’ that Siemian would come in and just hand the ball off.
As far as Broncos quarterbacks are concerned this offseason, Kyle Sloter is progressing exceptionally well. He’s completed 80 percent of his passes in three games of limited action with two touchdowns, no interceptions, and a quarterback rating of 140.2.
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Not bad for the rookie who barely even got a chance in college to play.
This is a huge opportunity for Sloter to prove he deserves to be on the 53-man roster. With Lynch out through the first couple weeks of the regular season (at least…), it’s important that the Broncos have a backup quarterback they can trust.
Sloter has potentially provided them with an alternative to going out and finding a stopgap veteran to jam onto the roster, and trying to find a way to slip their promising rookie through waivers.
Nothing is a certainty in the NFL, and Sloter basically came to Denver with an understanding that he would not be even competing for the backup job. That has to have been tough for him, but it hasn’t affected his on-field play.
So far through three preseason games, Sloter has showed he’s much more ready for game action than Paxton Lynch, who looks absolutely lost. Perhaps this is a way he can inspire some confidence in the Broncos’ coaching staff.