ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—A toasty, two-and-a-half hour session was waiting for me in my first camp back from the West Coast. Here’s what the Broncos showed me …
• The quarterback competition could last a while longer—I would guess at this point that Sean Payton will want to see the guys play in at least one, and maybe two preseason games before making a final call. That said, Payton did narrow things a bit over the last day or two, with the lion’s share of the first-team reps in at Wednesday’s practice going to Jarrett Stidham, the incumbent in this race, and first-rounder Bo Nix. It’s been communicated to Zach Wilson that he’s not out of it yet, and the team does have over a week left before going to Indy for the preseason opener. Nix, for his part, has picked up the offense fast. His football aptitude, work ethic and leadership, as a guy who started 60 college games, has been apparent to his coaches and the team’s veterans alike.
