It's time for the Broncos to make a quarterback change

It's time for the Broncos to make a quarterback change

After back-to-back losses in which the offense put up a total of 13 points, the debate about who should be under center for the Broncos is beginning to heat up again. The lack of offensive production this season has almost been laughable and no matter how many excuses continue to be made for Trevor Siemian, his play has not been good enough.

I am not trying to completely throw the kid under the bus, as the offensive line and running backs have been porous too, but at some point it is obvious that Siemian is only capable of leading this team so far. Statistically speaking, Siemian does not look that bad, completing 61 percent of his passes with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

However, if seven starts in which the team went 5-2 and averaged just under 22 points per-game was enough to see that Brock Osweiler was not the guy, then how on earth has Siemian done enough to be considered a viable starter through 12 starts?

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Siemian’s pocket presence is nonexistent and the young QB tends to lock in on his first target when under pressure (example: the red zone interception to Logan Ryan on Sunday). Week after week this offense struggles to put any points on the board and after Sunday’s postgame locker room spat between the the offense and defense, it appears the team has reached a boiling point.

Gary Kubiak brushed off the incident, citing that there is no divide within the team, but it does not take a genius to see the defense is frustrated with their offensive counterparts, and who could blame them? This team is filled with All-Pro talent and right now it is being wasted by a stubborn coaching staff and a vanilla QB running the offense.

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I understand that Paxton Lynch is incredibly raw and would have his own issues to deal with and we saw that in his spot starts against Atlanta and Jacksonville, but that is not nearly enough to give him an honest assessment. Lynch needs consistent reps with the first team and multiple starts in a row if he is ever going to have a chance to develop into the quarterback the team hoped he would be when they traded up in the first round to select him.

Lynch’s mobility can both open up the offense and keep the defense honest, not to mention his incredible arm strength and size. In my opinion, Lynch’s ceiling is much higher than Siemian’s because he can do things physically that Siemian never could. The only advantage Siemian currently has over Lynch is familiarity within the system and the only way that is going to change is by getting Lynch on the field with the starters.

When Siemian was winning games, it made sense to keep rolling with the hot hand but now that’s no longer the case, I cannot justify sticking with him. This may seem like a brash decision considering the Broncos are still in playoff contention, but you cannot win when you score three points anyway, so really what does this team have to lose?