ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- With the Denver Broncos' sixth consecutive postseason miss now officially in the books, the question that has launched several (thousand) habanero-level hot takes among anyone who has even a fleeting interest in the team still hangs over the franchise.
That question starts with "who" and ends in "quarterback."
As general manager George Paton nears the end of his first calendar year on the job, it's publicly unclear how he officially leans when it comes to the Broncos' quarterback of the present and future. But the two most important things he has said about the issue this season came roughly three months apart.