After adding Teddy Bridgewater in a trade, the Broncos are making some space in the quarterbacks room. Denver is releasing veteran backup Jeff Driskel, Mike Klis of Denver 9 News tweets. He made $2.5MM last year and was scheduled to make the same in 2021, which the Broncos had no reason to pay.
Denver will move forward with Bridgewater, Drew Lock, and Brett Rypien as their quarterbacks. Driskel was the top quarterback recruit in the country coming out of high school, but had a bumpy college career that ended at Louisiana Tech. The 49ers drafted him in the sixth-round in 2016, but he was waived at final cuts.
The Bengals claimed him off waivers, and he spent the next few seasons in Cincy. He ended up starting five games in 2018 in place of an injured Andy Dalton. He had six touchdowns and only two interceptions, but averaged just 5.7 yards per attempt. He latched on with the Lions in 2019, and started three games for them that year.
He was once again mediocre. He achieved journeyman status by signing with the Broncos last year, and played well in relief as he nearly led them to a come from behind victory against the Steelers. He started the following week, his lone start for Denver, and collapsed against the Buccaneers. He turned 28 last month.
Gotta make room for Aaron Rodgers come June 1st.
Bridgewater best not go home shopping in Denver! He’ll be part of the trade package.
He’s got 1 year left on his contract…I can’t imagine he was looking to purchase a home anyway
lol….good one!
Rodgers will not be traded … it will cost Packers too much against the cap
Wait a minute… He led them to a victory over the Steelers? Without looking at a schedule, I know they’re not in the same division so they wouldn’t play Pittsburgh twice. If anything, I believe Jeff Driskel was responsible for a practice squad wide receiver starting at QB against the Steelers, which was disastrous.
I stand corrected. That loss was to the Saints, not the Steelers.