The Jacksonville Jaguars seem to be moving away from Gardner Minshew at quarterback. And if that’s the case, the Broncos should pounce on him like a cat in the wild.

Jacksonville has long been a joke in the NFL, save that one, magical 2017 season in which they won the AFC South and made it to the AFC Championship Game. They are far removed from that outlier season, though, as the worst team in the league last year finishing 1-15.

The Jags are set to draft No. 1 overall and they’re basically a lock to take Trevor Lawrence in about a month from now. And if the writing wasn’t already on the wall for former starter Gardner Minshew, that may have become even clearer on Wednesday when the Jags signed C.J. Beathard to be the team’s backup quarterback.

Jacksonville now has Beathard, Minshew and Jake Luton on the team, with Lawrence set to join on Apr. 29.

Look west to Denver and the Broncos have been looking for veteran competition to push Drew Lock — or someone to take over for him — all offseason.

New GM George Paton was interested in trading for Matthew Stafford, but the LA Rams offered more than Denver and overpaid for the veteran. Denver may or may not have been interested in trading for Carson Wentz, and they’ve been rumored to be trying to trade for Deshaun Watson, at least before his recent allegations of sexual abuse/misconduct surfaced in recent weeks.

The Broncos missed the boat on many surefire starters, and they even saw guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tyrod Taylor, Mitch Trubisky and more sign with new teams. Simply, the well of free agent quarterbacks who could actually provide competition to the young Lock is drying up.

But, there’s still Gardner Minshew, who seems to be more available than ever right now.

Minshew, originally drafted in the sixth round in 2019, has started 20 games the last two seasons in Jacksonville. During that time he’s passed for 5,530 yards and 37 touchdowns compared to 11 interceptions. Not only is his touchdown-to-interception ratio better than Lock’s (23-18), but Minshew’s career accuracy is better, too. And, while he started only eight games last year, the young gun-slinger’s accuracy improved to 66.1 percent, which was 17th. Compare that to Lock’s awful 57.3 percent and the difference is night and day.

What makes Minshew even more attractive? Well, outside of that mullet and mustache?

He’s only going to be 25 years old when the 2021 season kicks off, about half a year older than Lock is. Minshew and Lock are also quite comparable in terms of taking off and running with the ball when there’s no receivers open down field, so Denver wouldn’t be missing out on that part of the game, either.

Minshew’s not perfect, he’s far from it, only two years into his career like Lock. There’s not just a possibility but a likelihood Minshew will continue to grow, especially with better coaching and much better receivers around him. Which is what he’d have in Denver.

And, while his stats have been better than Lock’s, it’s not like Minshew has been an elite quarterback in his short career, either.

Simply, Minshew would provide legitimate competition for Lock under center and, you never know, he could end up being the QB of the future, even if it’s a long shot.

But one more positive could make him too desirable to pass up: Only needing to send a Day 3 pick (rounds 4-7) for him, as is the current rumor.

Thanks to the building done by Paton over the last 10 days, the Broncos defense is ready to compete for a Super Bowl. And on offense, the team is constructed with tons of playmakers. That puts more pressure on Lock than ever, and trading for Minshew would help the team hedge their bets going into 2021.