1. Trevor Siemian is getting better
He was the star of the day and earned his first game ball, and we may have seen Trevor Siemian take a step toward being much more than just a placeholder for Paxton Lynch.
Whether it was his 41-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Sanders early in the second quarter, his 55-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the fourth quarter, or his perfect precision pass on the 2 yarder to Sanders just prior to halftime, Siemian was impressive.
No moment seems too big for the seventh-round draft pick, and he may be proving to be the perfect fit for Gary Kubiak’s offense.
On a day when the defense wasn’t their sharpest, and the running game struggled to get on track, it was Siemian that came up with play after play down the stretch.
When the Bengals took the lead on a Mike Nugent field goal at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Siemian led the offense on a 13 play 82-yard drive that chewed up nearly eight minutes and ended with a 1-yard touchdown pass to John Phillips.
That drive proved to be exactly what the Broncos needed to finish off the Bengals.
And Trevor Siemian may prove to be exactly what this team needed to contend for another Super Bowl.
