Zach Wilson makes strong case for Broncos’ backup job with stellar game to end preseason

Jarrett Stidham did play for a short period of time during the game and the QB went 2-for-4 in pass attempts for 28 yards before Wilson entered the game near the end of the first quarter.

Rookie Bo Nix has already won the starting job.

“Both those guys looked good,” Broncos coach Sean Payton told reporters after the game. “We feel comfortable with all three.”

Payton added he’d like to keep all three QBs.

The effort by Wilson had both former NFL quarterback Chase Daniels and analyst Dan Orlovsky saying that he should be the back up somewhere in the league this season. 

“Zach Wilson is absolutely balling. He’s earned a #2 job somewhere,” Daniels wrote on X, 

“Should be the #2 in Denver,” Orlovsky wrote on social media. 

Wilson ended up in Denver following continued struggles in New York after he was picked second overall by the Jets in 2021. 

The Jets traded Wilson to Denver in April and the QB has seemed to find some comfort in the Mile High City. 

He has been working with Broncos quarterback coach Davis Webb, who previously had been a backup for the Giants’ Daniel Jones.

“For somebody that just got into coaching recently, I think he does a phenomenal job,” Wilson told The Athletic. “He does a great job of how he commands his meeting rooms and goes through every little thing. Of course the element of he’s played the position before I think goes a long way. I really enjoy that he’s played the position.”

The Broncos open the season on Sept. 8 against the Seattle Seahawks.