It’s much too early to start critiquing Denver’s quarterbacks with each equally splitting reps last week but one quarterback stood out, and it wasn’t Denver’s first rounder.
The five-year veteran quarterback, Jarrett Stidham was the most polished of the three last week with rookie Bo Nix coming in a close second, and Zach Wilson tossing the only interception of the week.
Stidham was smart with the ball and seemed much more comfortable under center than his two younger counterparts. Wilson was erratic his first week and often scrambled out of the pocket when he didn’t need to. Nix was a bit more relaxed however; the young rookie had trouble keeping balls in front of his receivers with balls often thrown behind his receivers.
The growing pains from a rookie quarterback are expected as rookie quarterbacks around the league struggled in their first week with their new teams.
Several Broncos were sidelined for team OTA’s this week including D.J. Jones who was only out with an illness, Bronco’s safety Caden Sterns (knee), tight end Greg Dulcich (hamstring/foot), linebacker Drew Sanders (torn Achilles), and cornerback Pat Surtain (minor pulled leg muscle).
Since the Colorado Avalanche were eliminated from the playoffs shortly after Valeri Nichushkin was suspended for bad drug test, the team has been mum about where they go from here. Many thought that Nichushkin’s previous bouts with substance abuse would be the deciding factor consider- ing this was the second year in a row where Nichushkin left the team during the most critical leg of their series.
It goes without saying that Nichushkin’s talent has been the only reason Colorado has considered keeping him, despite the instances were he left the Avs in a very difficult position during playoff runs.
In other sports, after a disappointing ending to the defending champs playoff run, the Denver Nuggets are in a very difficult spot heading into the off season. Denver’s front office has been lights out with player development and bringing a core of veteran players to Denver to help elevate the team. Unfortunately the Nuggets could see some of those core veterans picked up in free agency.
Rumors put Michael Porter Jr. along with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the chopping block this off-season, two players who were huge contributors to the success of the Nuggets this past season.
The Colorado Rockies defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2 games to 1 in their three-game series over the weekend. On Monday the Rockies were at home hosting the Cleveland Guardians who were enjoying a nine game winning streak before arriving in Denver.
The Rockies ended Cleveland’s 9-game streak with an 8-6 win on Monday at Coors Field. Games two and three will be played this week (results of game two not available at the time of this writing). Colorado heads to L.A. to face the Dodgers this weekend.
