Draft pedigree isn’t everything.
That’s essentially what Denver Broncos new head coach Vance Joseph said on Monday when he named Trevor Siemian, a seventh-round pick in 2015 from Northwestern, the “permanent” starter over Paxton Lynch, whom Denver moved up in Round 1 to select 26th overall last year.
The two quarterbacks were said to have a clean slate under the new coaching staff, including Joseph and offensive coordinator Mike McCoy this season in their battle for the starting job. But Siemian, who was 8-6 as the Broncos’ starter last season, had a leg up on Lynch most of this offseason largely because of his football IQ and NFL starting experience.