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Denver Broncos starting quarterback solutions since Peyton Manning retired

The Denver Broncos traded for Teddy Bridgewater. Take a look at all of their QB fixes since Peyton Manning retired.

John Elway proved in 2012 that it’s easy to solve your team’s problems at quarterback: you just sign Peyton Manning in free agency.

It hasn’t been easy for the Denver Broncos under center since Manning retired after their Super Bowl 50 win to conclude the 2015 season. Even Manning’s possible successor, Brock Osweiler, left in free agency in 2016 to sign with the Houston Texans.

Since Manning’s retirement, the Broncos have had as much luck as the Halas and McCaskey family at finding a franchise quarterback. Here are all Denver’s attempts at finding a franchise quarterback since Manning retired from the NFL following Super Bowl 50.

4 ex-Broncos quarterbacks learn their fates on roster cuts weekend

Former Broncos quarterbacks Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch, Chad Kelly and Brandon Allen failed to make 53-man rosters.

The Denver Broncos waived quarterback Brett Rypien when they trimmed their roster down to 53 players over the weekend. After Rypien cleared waivers, Denver signed him to the 16-man practice squad.

Rypien will serve as the Broncos’ third-string quarterback this season behind starter Drew Lock and backup Jeff Driskel. Four ex-Denver quarterbacks also learned their fates after NFL teams completed roster cuts.

In Pittsburgh, Paxton Lynch was cut by the Steelers and was not re-signed to their practice squad. Mason Rudolph and Joshua Dobbs will serve as the Steelers’ backups behind Ben Roethlisberger. Devlin Hodges will serve as Pittsburgh’s fourth quarterback on the practice squad.

In Tennessee, Trevor Siemian lost the Titans’ backup job to Logan Woodside, who will serve as the No. 2 behind Ryan Tannehill. Siemian was brought back to serve as Tennessee’s No. 3 quarterback on the practice squad.

In Indianapolis, Chad Kelly failed to make the Colts’ 53-man roster but he was brought back on the practice squad. Indy will carry three quarterbacks on the active roster: Philip Rivers, Jacoby Brissett and Jacob Eason.

In Cincinnati, Brandon Allen did not make the Bengals’ 53-man roster but he was also brought back on the practice squad. Joe Burrow will start for Cincy this season and Ryan Finley will serve as QB2.

Two other former Broncos quarterbacks — Kyle Sloter and Kevin Hogan — did not go to training camp with a team and remain unsigned free agents.

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8 QBs with astonishingly good records against the Jaguars

When looking at their history, there simply are some quarterbacks who the Jags have struggled mightily against and Peyton Manning is one.

In the NFL, it’s all about wins and sometimes those wins can be hard to come by.

While wins and losses are attributed to the execution of the team overall, the quarterback is mostly seen as the one that bears the most responsibility obtaining the victory or be charged with the loss. They are also judged by their record whether fair or unfair.

In the case of the Jacksonville Jaguars, there are a few quarterbacks that own very interesting records in head-to-head contests with them. Here are five quarterbacks with some highly noticeable records against the Jags:

Note: The list will be a mixture of great quarterbacks but also the unlikeliest of quarterbacks that own a winning record against the franchise.

8. Paxton Lynch (1-3 in career, 1-0 vs. the Jags)

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Let’s start things off with an interesting name nobody knew had a win against the Jags: Paxton Lynch. While some of the quarterbacks on this list will be Hall-of-Famers when they retire, the same likely won’t be said about the former Denver Bronco.

Lynch hasn’t had the career that was expected when he was selected with the 26th overall pick out of The University of Memphis garnering a 1-3 record in his career. Unfortunately for Jaguars fans, his one victory would come at Jacksonville’s expense as the Broncos would defeat the Jaguars by a score of 20-10 in 2016.

Injuries and overall ineffectiveness caused Lynch to not start a game since 2017 where he would lose his next two starts. Lynch is now a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers where he is on a two-year, $1.38 million contract.

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Seahawks officially announce re-signing of QB Geno Smith

The Seattle Seahawks officially re-signed quarterback Geno Smith, waiving tight end Justin Johnson to make room on the active roster.

The Seattle Seahawks made official the move to re-sign quarterback Geno Smith, bringing the veteran back into the fold for the 2020 campaign.

Tight end Justin Johnson was waived to make room on the 90-man roster.

Smith beat out veteran Paxton Lynch to be Seattle’s backup in 2019 after a strong performance in training camp and the preseason, where he threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns with a 100.4 passer rating.

He was not needed during the regular season at all, however, thanks to the incredible durability of starter Russell Wilson.

Smith will face competition to be the backup again this year, this time from  Anthony Gordon, who hails from Washington State and was surprisingly not selected in the 2020 NFL draft, allowing Seattle to pick him up as an undrafted free agent.

Johnson joined the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent out of Mississippi State last year, but he spent the entire 2019 season on the injured reserve with an achilles injury.

He was always a long shot to make the roster, and the team’s free agent addition of tight end Greg Olsen as well as draft picks Colby Parkinson and Stephen Sullivan all but sealed the deal for Johnson, who will now look for other opportunities as a free agent.

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Seahawks’ backup QB competition is Anthony Gordon vs. Geno Smith

The Seattle Seahawks have two players, veteran Geno Smith and undrafted rookie Anthony Gordon, competing to back up Russell Wilson in 2020.

The Seattle Seahawks were always expected to bring in a third quarterback to compete with undrafted free agent Anthony Gordon for the job of backing up ironman Russell Wilson on the active roster.

They reportedly got that done on Thursday afternoon, agreeing to terms with free agent Geno Smith, who served as Wilson’s backup during the 2019 season.

Backup quarterbacks in Seattle have not had to see the field in years, as Wilson hasn’t missed a game in his entire career and rarely misses even a single snap.

Still, it’s an important spot to feel comfortable with the next man up. Seattle would be in a load of trouble if Wilson had to miss extended time, but having a backup they feel comfortable in could help ease the pain at least a little.

Coach Pete Carroll seems to prefer his veteran backups, as evidenced by the team’s decision to draft Alex McGough in 2017 but then cut him in favor of former starter Brett Hundley just before the season began.

Last year the Seahawks had Smith compete with another experienced veteran, Paxton Lynch, before eventually handing the job to the former.

Smith, Hundley and the late Tarvaris Jackson are the most recent backups in the Emerald City, all quarterbacks with a similar skill set to Wilson and NFL experience.

That seems to spell trouble for Gordon, who was a monster in his final season in Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense at Washington State but somehow went undrafted despite a fair amount of hype.

Seattle was wise to snatch Gordon, who has impeccable accuracy as a quarterback but lacks the arm strength and awareness to be an immediate impact player at the next level.

The Seahawks attempted to keep McGough as a developmental quarterback, but after one year on the practice squad he signed elsewhere. If Smith wins the backup job again in 2020, which seems likely, the Seahawks will likely do the same with Gordon.

Wilson is still in his prime, but it might be wise for Seattle to commit to grooming a backup in his mold for the future. As long as Carroll prefers veteran backups, however, this team will struggle to develop someone as his replacement and could be in a bind when the time comes that Wilson is no longer an elite quarterback.

Of course, Wilson intends to play until he is 45, so maybe the team will continue cycling through veteran backups until then, making the need for development unnecessary for the next decade or so.

How this team handles the competition between Smith and Gordon could go a long way toward determining its long-term goals behind Wilson.

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Seattle Seahawks 2020 free agent profile: Quarterback Geno Smith

Will the Seattle Seahawks break the streak and bring back a backup QB, or will Geno Smith look for a job with more play-time potential?

*The Seattle Seahawks are heading into the 2020 offseason with 19 players set to become unrestricted free agents, which should make for another busy spring and summer for Pete Carroll and John Schneider as they look to shore up the roster and contend for the number one seed in the NFC again next year.*

Our Seahawks Wire series on Seattle’s free agents continues with quarterback Geno Smith.

The Seahawks have routinely cycled through backup quarterbacks the past few years, a tradition that has continued despite none of them ever being needed thanks to Russell Wilson’s incredible, improbable, run of health and dependability under center.

Geno Smith was perhaps the most talented backup quarterbacks the team had in recent years, which makes it seem likely that – at age 29 – he will look for an opportunity that might actually allow him to play, instead of spending the entire year on the bench.

The Seahawks seem content shuffling things around behind Wilson, so don’t expect a reunion between the two sides unless neither Smith or Seattle can find something better.

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