ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- There were plenty of reasons Gary Kubiak picked Trevor Siemian to start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos -- Kubiak called it "the body of work." But the capstone might have been an eight-play collection in the second quarter of Saturday night's preseason win over the Los Angeles Rams.
The first of the eight plays was a mistake. Siemian threw a pass with just over 10 minutes remaining in the first half that was intercepted by Rams safety Cody Davis. But the fact Siemian, when he was still trying to win the quarterback job, went for the deep ball up the right sideline and put a dart into Cody Latimer's hands roughly 50 yards away showed a certain amount of backbone.