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ahead of NFL free and she's some teams around the league have interest in Denver Broncos quarterback
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Jared Stidham but with Sean Payton pull the trigger we'll take a look at that here on today's
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to do so on today's bonus episode of the show we're going to talk about Jared Stidham and the
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trade rumors surrounding him several teams around the league according to Diana Rousini have
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interest in trading for Stidham which teams could look at trading for Stidham and if in fact
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Stidham gets traded could the Broncos and Sean Payton and Davis Webb reunite with Zach Wilson as
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the potential backup quarterback the bonix we'll look at all that here on today's episode of the
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show let's get into it here though the athletics Diana Rousini put out an interesting report yesterday
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talking about several teams that she has spoken to have indicated they have interest in trading for
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Denver Broncos backup quarterback Jared Stidham now I think when you look at this it is interesting
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considering that Stidham is entering the final year of his deal here in Denver he's got an eight
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million dollar cap hit but this is why I think trading for him if you or some of these teams are on
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the league it makes perfect sense here now for him he hadn't played a meaningful snap in two years
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leading up to the AFC championship game he did step into those shoes for bonix got off to a little
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bit of a nice start there finding Marvin men's deep down the right sideline and then obviously a
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touchdown passed a quarterland sudden but in that game as well I'd say some of his limitations in the
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athletic department there impacted the Broncos ability to ultimately win that game he did
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contribute in one of the more important more crucial mistakes made in that game by Denver offensively
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that led to the Patriots scoring and obviously that changed the whole dynamic and outcome of the
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game here but I think right now as you look around the NFL depending on various teams in their
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situations I want to look at the New York Jets as one of those teams I want to look at the Arizona
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Cardinals right there where there could very much be a scenario here where if there is a quarterback
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that those teams want to go out and they want to draft now obviously we know the Raiders probably
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going to go Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick after that quarterback class is kind of
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up and down there there's some really good options but I'd say this is probably a draft class
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and the quarterback department for some of these teams where a veteran bridge quarterback might be
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the best option to ultimately hand the keys to the younger guy here down the stretch now for a guy
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like Jared stood him he's a veteran guy he's older but I think for a team like the Jets or the Arizona
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Cardinals I think those are two ideal situations where you could go out there and you could have
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Jared stood him for a year or two as that bridge quarterback option and then eventually
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past things off to a younger guy that maybe you taking this year's NFL draft and that you develop
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those guys but I think the conversation that we have to have here is what does that look like for
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the Broncos and how does Sean Payton think about this now with Davis Webb as well that quarterback
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brain trust that we see here in the mile high city Sean Payton has always been on the record of
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saying I think it's important that you have a high quality backup quarterback on your roster behind
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your starter in the event of an injury Sean has seen that historically behind Drew breeze with
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the Teddy Bridgewater the James Winston's of the world even throwing Tyson Hill into that category
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from time to time when the Saints needed him when he was a member of the New Orleans Saints and I
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think for where the Broncos are at right now certainly we saw Bonix unfortunately suffer the
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injury against the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs not able to play in the AFC championship game
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you can make the argument I think having maybe a little bit more of an athletic quarterback or a guy
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who's got some of that backyard football style of traits could have actually helped the Broncos
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maybe win that game but it is what it is here it is a good quarterback and he's got a lot of good
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experience I think to be able to step into one of those situations for a team out there and help
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but I think so much is also contingent upon is Sean willing to depart with a backup quarterback who
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he said he would take over a lot of different QBs in the league that he's happy that
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Stidem was his number two guide because he believes that he's got the best number two quarterback
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in the NFL he's got a guy who he believes could start for a handful of other teams so that
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theory I think this offseason with this report from Diana Rossini will certainly be put to the test
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a little bit about that but also Denver's got Sam Ellinger was obviously set to become a free agent
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as well this offseason I think with that quarterback coaching staff kind of remaining very similar
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with Davis Web now the OC Logan Kilgore getting promoted to quarterback coach John Peyton still
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obviously having a major say in what the Broncos do offensively I'm curious to see if there is a
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team out there that will give the Broncos any kind of capital I don't know what the exact range
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would be especially considering the fact that Stidem is on the final year of his deal in Denver here
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in 2026 what that would be maybe a fourth maybe a fifth-rounder I'm not sure that's just me
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speculating right here but if there is team interest out there maybe the Broncos do that right maybe
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it is one of those situations where they say you know what we are going to look at a different
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option here like Stidem we appreciate what you've done in Denver now maybe Jared gets a chance
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to go play more which is certainly certainly something I think that he certainly wants to do he wants
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to have the opportunity to go out there and showcase himself and you never know which system he could
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go to he might be able to reinvent himself entirely earn himself a little bit more money as well
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beyond just 2026 something to look at here as well so we've looked at Arizona we've looked at New
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York the jets as one of those teams it could be a potential bridge option where he could be a
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bridge option for a potential young quarterback over the next couple of years here Broncos country
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Broncos do right away Jared stood with there's a team that's interested could they reunite with
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Zach Wilson to keep that quarterback continuity intact we'll look at that and more here on today's
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the continuity and familiarity with him behind the scenes is something that Sean Peyton Davis
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Web maybe Logan Kilgore would like inside that quarterback room and maybe it's a clear upgrade
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Broncos country now look these are hypothetical free agency scenarios there's nothing substantive
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behind this this is just speculation when we're looking at the tea leaves here if in fact jarestidom
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does get traded if the Broncos do that which as to my knowledge right now I'm not sure the Broncos
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are interested in that but that could obviously always change depending on what a team is willing to
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give them if it's capital for them to make more moves to upgrade the roster certainly they'll do that
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but I think Zach Wilson is one of those names to watch if jarestidom is traded I could see the Broncos
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going back to Zach Wilson and trying to make him the backup quarterback now obviously he signed with
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Miami dolphins last off season and spent time there Quinn yours obviously ended up being the
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premier guy to take over after to a tongue of I lower god bench there but I think for Zach
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Wilson his athleticism his mobility obviously his arm strength I think when you look at maybe a
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stylistic profile comparison to bone nicks Zach Wilson probably is an upgrade at quarterback here
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for Denver over a guy like jarestidom and I think we can all imagine their minds what would the
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Broncos have done if Zach Wilson with his athleticism his ability to play off schedule to make plays
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and use his legs would that have made a little bit of a difference in AFC championship maybe maybe
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not right it's crazy to kind of go back and look at that but I think where the appeal is for Wilson
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to come back and be a potential backup here that is on the table if in fact jarestidom goes elsewhere
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now look I think you can look at other free agent quarterback options right Denver's not going to
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have interesting error Rogers Russell Wilson Marcus Mario to might be an interesting option considering
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his mobility his ability to use his legs there that might be something but Zach Wilson was the top
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guy that stood out to me and there's other guys that are kind of certainly be available out there
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depends on where you want to go Malik Willis not going to be an option for Denver he's probably
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going to land a starting job and it would not surprise me if he actually ends up in Miami as the
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starting quarterback there for them Brett Ripon former Broncos obviously in the mix as a free agent
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this year I don't think that would be the case here in the mile high city as much as I love Brett
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Ripon that's that's my guys always been good to me very very smart quarterback to me the clear cut
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option would be Zach Wilson over bringing him back Sam Ellinger in my opinion and I'm curious
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for your thoughts on that Broncos country because I really do believe like for Zach at this point
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what NFL team out there is going to have a starting job open for him right maybe a team that I
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talked about with potential interest in jarestidom like the Arizona Cardinals maybe they would have
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some interest in Zach Wilson but I can't see a scenario where Zach is going to go and start for an
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NFL team this offseason and ultimately that could change we could see that maybe Minnesota with Kevin
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O'Connell but very unlikely at this point but it wouldn't surprise me if you do see some of these
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quarterback options go out there and free agency and maybe go to a place where they feel like they
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can rehabilitate their image right like look what Sam Darnal did he went to San Francisco for a year
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rehabilitate himself under Kyle Shanahan then he ended up going to the Minnesota Vikings
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ended up balling out over there 14 wins and then he goes to Seattle balls out wins a Super Bowl I
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mean the path might be there that might be the most appealing area there for them going for but
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Zach Wilson in my opinion for what Denver needs from a backup quarterback I feel like you have to have
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somebody that's similar to your quarterback from an athleticism standpoint I'm not saying that
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Zach Wilson is Bonyx or vice versa that Bonyx is Zach Wilson I'm saying stylistically from an
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athleticism standpoint they are very similar compared to where you have gerostatum who wasn't as
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athletic as ball and so you have to maybe change some of the things you're doing from an offensive
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standpoint if your quarterback gets injured your starter gets injured gerostatum no disrespect to him
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there are things that he couldn't do that Bonyx did really well the athleticism the mobility
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the ability to avoid sacks we saw him struggle with that in comparison to what we've seen from Bonyx
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whereas I think stylistically Zach Wilson actually fits that bill a little bit better and that
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actually might make more sense for them going forward here but Broncos country let me know your
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thoughts on today's bonus episode of the show if in fact the Broncos do look at trading gerostatum
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as reported by Diana Rossini with some of the interest that he's garnering around the NFL would
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you welcome Zach Wilson back in as the potential backup to Bonyx interesting question to float out
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