Whereas the Denver Broncos’ first unofficial depth chart of the summer time instructed that former New York Jets flop Zach Wilson may emerge because the winner of a summer time competitors for the workforce’s beginning quarterback job, he labored with the third-team offense in current practices behind rookie Bo Nix and journeyman Jarrett Stidham.
Wilson spoke with reporters on Wednesday about what seems to be a harsh actuality concerning his state of affairs heading into Denver’s preseason opener on the Indianapolis Colts this coming Sunday afternoon.
“I believe while you actually sit down and give it some thought, I’ve bought no management over that,” Wilson defined, as shared by Aric DiLalla of the Broncos’ web site. “… I believe the worst you are able to do is let it have an effect on you, so the most effective you are able to do is simply say, ‘OK, I’ll take what I get and go on the market and do the most effective I can and put my greatest foot ahead and take a look at my greatest and attempt to assist this workforce do the most effective it may getting down the sphere and full some passes.’ I believe that is all you have to fear about.”
Denver acquired Wilson from the Jets shortly earlier than the Broncos made Nix the twelfth general choose of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Broncos unsurprisingly later declined to select up the fifth-year possibility connected to Wilson’s rookie contract, which means he is on observe to achieve free company after the upcoming season.
Coaching camp practices have indicated that Wilson is Denver’s third-choice possibility on the place, however head coach Sean Payton continues to insist he’s “not there but with the quarterback relative to who’s going to be the starter.” It is believed Payton will not announce a closing resolution about his QB1 earlier than Denver finishes its second preseason sport, a matchup versus the Inexperienced Bay Packers, on Aug. 18.
For now, Wilson is specializing in attempting to shut the hole within the competitors.
“Simply go on the market and get the ball out of my palms [and] let the playmakers that we’ve got go make some performs,” Wilson mentioned about what he hopes to perform towards the Colts.
As of Thursday morning, FanDuel Sportsbook continued to record Nix because the betting favourite at -200 odds to begin over Stidham (+154) and Wilson (+7000) for Denver’s Week 1 sport on the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 8. It stays to be seen if Wilson can do something to leapfrog Nix on the depth chart over the subsequent month.
