After a rollercoaster three years with the Jets, Zach Wilson is trying to reboot his NFL profession beneath Sean Payton in Denver.
The No. 2 decide within the 2021 draft is becoming a member of a crowded Broncos quarterback room alongside fifth-year sign caller Jarrett Stidham and this 12 months’s No. 12 choice, Bo Nix.
As OTAs kick off this week, Payton needs Wilson and his positional friends to give attention to one factor: the place they already succeed.
“Step one with all of those guys, Jarrett, Zach, [Bo Nix], what do they do [well]?” Payton instructed The Athletic. “There will likely be a handful of issues that each one of those guys have in widespread that they do effectively. Even in a preseason sport, when one among them is in, you attempt to construct your script round […] you need to see them have success. That’s our jobs as coaches and lecturers […] The problem is thrilling, nevertheless it’s nonetheless, you need good quarterback play.”
The trio of quarterbacks are anticipated to compete for the Broncos’ beginning job over the subsequent few months.
Earlier this month, Payton was coy when requested by reporters how his group’s QB spot would play out.
“We’ll determine it out,” Payton mentioned, per ESPN. “We’ll have a rotation and we’ll go from there.”
Wilson involves the Mile Excessive Metropolis after throwing 23 touchdowns and 25 interceptions whereas posting a 57 % completion score throughout his three seasons in New York.
The Jets dealt Wilson to the Broncos in April, together with a seventh-round decide (No. 256), and obtained a sixth-round decide (No. 203) in return.
“We have been actually comfortable to carry Zach on board,” Payton mentioned after the commerce. “We all know we wished so as to add into the (quarterback) room, and I believe I mentioned that a lot even on the proprietor’s conferences. We actually appreciated that chance. There have been quite a lot of veteran backups that signed contracts, and but we noticed expertise with a participant that simply three years in the past was the No. 2 decide within the draft. We actually like his traits.”
His tenure in Denver will not be an extended one although.
Final month, the Broncos declined Wilson’s $22.4 million fifth-year possibility for 2025, in accordance with a number of studies, which means he could possibly be a free agent after subsequent season.
