The Denver Broncos need to find a better solution for their backup quarterback spot, and I think there is a perfect candidate to hold that title. I’m sorry, but Brett Rypien is not a viable option to continue serving as the backup quarterback for the Broncos.
The team needs to invest in a legitimate backup quarterback for a couple of reasons. One of which is that if Russell Wilson has indeed fallen off a bit, having someone viable behind him could allow the team to remain competitive if he gets injured more or plays bad enough to where the team would want to bench him.
Secondly, Wilson will turn 35 next season, so he’s beginning to get up there in age. The ideal backup quarterback for the Broncos is someone young who perhaps has a high ceiling that just needs some quality coaching.
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I personally would not mind someone like Andy Dalton serving as the backup, but he’s well into his 30s, has a low ceiling, and doesn’t really have that edge like a younger quarterback might have. I did recently advocate for someone like Gardner Minshew to be the backup, but if Denver wants to really shake things up and go with a true Wild Card, they should try and trade for Jets’ Zach Wilson in 2023.
This probably isn’t going to happen, but it could happen until it doesn’t. My reasoning here is that I think the Jets are going to make a significant quarterback move next offseason. Their roster is clearly playoff-caliber, but their quarterback room is holding them back.
None of Zach Wilson, Mike White, or Joe Flacco are long-term options for them. It’s just not realistic to me for them to put their trust in any of the three after this season. I do think there will be more quarterback movement as well.
Jimmy Garoppolo is my guess as to who ends up quarterbacking the Jets in 2023. The connections there between San Francisco and New York are obvious. If the Jets were to sign Jimmy G, Wilson could either stay as the QB2 or perhaps a team could come calling for his services.
As a number two overall pick, he will have teams wanting to see if he does indeed have anything worthwhile. Secondly, part of me does think that Frank Reich ends up as the next head coach of the Denver Broncos.
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Reich has experience developing quarterbacks and squeezing what he can out of them, so I’d be totally comfortable with Reich running the offense while also trying to develop Zach Wilson the right way.