ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Even though coach Vance Joseph isn't saying it, the steady and solid Trevor Siemian appears to have won the Denver Broncos' quarterback derby for the second straight summer.
The seventh-rounder from Northwestern has outplayed former first-round pick Paxton Lynch of Memphis, whose flashes of athleticism and agility remain overshadowed by poor decisions and bad throws.
Although Joseph isn't declaring a winner yet, Siemian has impressed a second set of coaches running a second offensive scheme, and Lynch, while he's shown some progress, still doesn't look ready to run a team.
Joseph appeared to squelch the notion that the decision could come down to which one has the higher perceived upside, insisting: "That does not matter.