Brock Osweiler plays well enough to win but not well enough to keep his job
This is an important game for a lot of people, but none more so than Brock Osweiler, who’s job as the starter may be on the line.
With Peyton Manning finally making his reappearance on the practice field this week, the Broncos “quarterback controversy” is about to hit red alert, as Denver seems to be split down the middle when it comes to who should be the starter. And unless Osweiler has an absolutely outstanding performance, I have a hard time believing that John Elway and Gary Kubiak won’t put the future Hall of Famer back into the starting lineup, even if they’re split on the decision themselves.
Throughout this whole process, all anybody from inside the organization has said is that Manning is the Broncos’ quarterback, and he’ll return when he’s healthy; now that he’s healthy (or close to it), it’s going to take some awfully big balls to change their minds now.
And I actually do believe that Osweiler will have the best game of his young career against the Steelers; I believe that he, with a good deal of help from his defense, will lead the Broncos to a win and look good doing so. Still, I don’t think it’ll be enough; there’s just too much capital invested in Manning already to not give him one last go-round.
