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Denver Broncos: Ultimate 7-round draft of the last decade

By Travis Wakeman

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 27: Danny Trevathan #59 of the Denver Broncos is introduced before the game against the Washington Redskins at Sports Authority Field on October 27, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 27: Danny Trevathan #59 of the Denver Broncos is introduced before the game against the Washington Redskins at Sports Authority Field on October 27, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Denver Broncos, Trevor Siemian
CINCINNATI, OH – SEPTEMBER 25: Trevor Siemian #13 of the Denver Broncos calls a play at the line of scrimmage during the first quarter of the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on September 25, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Seventh round: Trevor Siemian, 2015

It’s not often that a seventh-round pick becomes a team’s starting quarterback, but Trevor Siemian became the man to succeed Manning following the 2015 season.

Siemian was a quarterback that former head coach Gary Kubiak really liked, but he was never supposed to be anything more than a backup to Lynch. However, when the team opened up the competition, Siemian easily outperformed Lynch two years in a row.

Though Siemian wasn’t flashy and was never going to make the kind of plays a guy like Lamar Jackson or Russell Wilson makes, he was steady for the most part and way better than a seventh-round quarterback should have been.

In 24 starts for the Broncos, Siemain threw for 5,686 yards with 30 touchdowns and 24 interceptions. Those are not the best numbers, but the team was not losing games because of him, though he took the blame.

In addition, he was better than all of the quarterbacks that followed him, including Case Keenum, Joe Flacco and to this point, Drew Lock. So, he has been the best quarterback the team has had since Manning. Yes, I said that. Though Lock should end up supplanting him there.

Siemian ends up getting the spot as the best seventh-round pick just  ahead of Virgil Green. The team also had two other seventh-round quarterbacks in that time frame (Zac Dysert, Chad Kelly).

Most all seventh-round picks are considered dart throws and most of them miss the mark, but Siemian stuck for a bit and gave the team some good performances.

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