siemian.jpg Trevor Siemian (13) in action for the Broncos in a pre-season game. Photo: ReutersDenver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak has named Trevor Siemian the starting quarterback for Week One, when the defending champions open the 2016 season with a rematch of Super Bowl 50. Siemian, a 2015 seventh-round pick, will replace the retired Peyton Manning and Brock Osweiler, who left the Broncos during free agency to join the Houston Texans in the offseason. "The thing about replacing Peyton - nobody is going to replace Peyton," Siemian said last week. The 24-year-old Siemian won the battle with Mark Sanchez, who was traded in March by the Philadelphia Eagles to the Broncos for a conditional 2017 draft pick.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 29, 2016 21:11 UTC