Retired Quarterbacks Started in Track and Field

The Denver Broncos had a brilliant four-year run with Peyton Manning from 2012-2015, winning the AFC West four years in a row while reaching two Super Bowls. After the Broncos won Super Bowl 50, Manning retired, and the team has struggled to find a quarterback replacement.

If you include a COVID-19 fiasco in Week 12 last season, Denver has started 10 different quarterbacks since Manning retired. This fall, Teddy Bridgewater will become the team's 11th starting QB since 2016.

Here's a quick look back at the Broncos' post-Manning quarterbacks.

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It might be hard to believe, but Siemian is Denver's only post-Manning quarterback with a winning record (minimum two games). Siemian beat out a first-round pick for the starting job and overachieved as a former seventh-round pick himself. He's now a backup with the Saints.

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The Broncos wanted Osweiler to be Manning's replacement but he left in free agency after the Super Bowl to sign a big contract with the Houston Texans. Osweiler later returned to Denver as a backup and played in four games as a fill-in starter. He retired from the NFL in 2019.

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Fans in Denver can only hope Bridgewater isn't another version of Keenum, a journeyman quarterback who lasted just one season with the Broncos. He's now a backup with the Cleveland Browns.

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Denver brought in Flacco when the QB was starting to decline, but the Broncos insisted he was still in his prime. He wasn't. Flacco is now a backup with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Allen was a backup with the Broncos in 2019 and was called on to start in three games as an injury replacement. He's now a backup with the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Driskel started one game in the place of an injured Drew Lock last season and it wasn't pretty. He's now a backup with the Houston Texans.

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After Driskel struggled in his lone start last season, the Broncos turned to Rypien, who helped Denver defeat the New York Jets. Rypien is still with the team and he's posed to serve as the QB3 this season.

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When all four of the Broncos' quarterbacks were deemed ineligible due to COVID-19 protocols in Week 12 last season, Denver called up practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton to play quarterback (it was ugly).

Hinton is now competing for a spot on the 2021 roster as a receiver.

*The Broncos lined up in a Wildcat formation in their first play against the New Orleans Saints, so running back Phillip Lindsay was technically credited with the start, but Hinton did all of the team's passing.

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Lock started his career well, going 4-1 as a starter in his rookie season. Last year, the quarterback seemingly took a step back in his second season as a pro. That prompted the Broncos to bring in competition this summer, and Lock lost the starting job.

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After beating Lock in the QB battle this summer, Bridgewater is set to make his (regular season) Bronco debut when Denver faces the New York Giants on Sept. 12.

Retired Quarterbacks Started in Track and Field

Source: https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/lists/denver-broncos-starting-qbs-since-peyton-manning-teddy-bridgewater/

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