Paxton Lynch’s shortened audition told us everything we needed to know

OAKLAND, Calif. — Entering Sunday afternoon’s game in the Bay Area, Paxton Lynch had six games to prove to the Denver Broncos’ brass he was their franchise quarterback moving forward after this season.

It only took two and a half quarters to find out the opposite was true.

In his first start of the 2017 season, the 6-foot-7 first-round pick from 2016 was touted as the physically-gifted and athletic quarterback that could make electric plays with both his arm and his feet.

“Making plays with his legs and his arm,” Broncos’ head coach Vance Joseph said after the game. “That was fun to see.”

The problem with Joseph’s statement, for Paxton, was it was about Lynch’s backup—the not as physically…