Zach Bachar Contributor I August 9, 2024 Candice Ward/Getty Images Jarrett Stidham will begin at quarterback for the Denver Broncos throughout the group’s very first preseason video game versus the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Broncos head coach Sean Payton revealed that Stidham would get the first-string task versus the Colts and novice Bo Nix will make a start throughout Denver’s 2nd preseason contest. Nix, the No. 12 total choice in the 2024 NFL draft, need to likewise get some playing time after Stidham exits versus Indianapolis. The Broncos’ Week 1 starter is up in the air, as Nix has actually been taking on Stidham and Zach Wilson for the task. Denver’s very first informal depth chart was launched by the group on Tuesday, with Stidham beginning and Nix at No. 3 behind Wilson. Still, the depth chart is barely set in stone and can alter if Nix concludes a strong preseason efficiency. The previous Oregon standout has currently pleased his colleagues in training school. “He’s doing excellent,” tight end Adam Trautman stated about Nix, per USA Today’s Jon Heath. “People speak about all the video games he began in college. I believe that really suggests something. You see it in the method he commands a huddle and the method he steps up into the pocket where he can discover his spaces.” FOX College Football @CFBONFOX OHHH MYYY This toss was wild from Bo Nix for @oregonfootball pic.twitter.com/m8TpePCP45 While the 24-year-old lags Wilson on the depth chart, he rotated first-team representatives with Stidham throughout the very first week of training school. ESPN’s Jeff Legwold reported on July 26 that “lots of in the league” think that Payton has actually been placing to begin Nix to start the routine season because he was prepared. After beginning 2 regular-season video games for the Broncos in 2023, Stidham will make the very first start of preseason in 2024. Nix might still end up protecting the first-string function by looking comfy under center when he opens the group’s 2nd preseason contest.
Jarrett Stidham to Start Broncos’ 1st NFL Preseason Game over Bo Nix amidst QB1 Battle
