Im a broncos fan loyal. Skinny with Denver is they are 99% letting Wilson walk. They can spread the cap hit over two years or take it all in one year. It’s about $85 mill total. So there’s a couple ways you can go. Unless they love Nix, Penix, or McCarthy they aren’t getting the QB they want in the first round this year at 12 (one potential option is to trade Surtain + 1st and another pick to move into the top 2-3).
Its likely Imo they take a bridge QB (Minshew, Winston, Jake Brownning, etc) take the full cap hit, suck balls next year, and start over in the 25 draft with one of the top picks and clear Wilson off the books completely. Now I’ve said this before, if I’m Minshew Denver’s the last place I want to be unless you are thinking 4-5 years down the road. Why go get pummeled with a depleted roster? If there’s one guy I’d love fii ofr Denver in that scenario it’s Minshew because he’s played well with terrible rosters before, but I also want to see him be successful. If he goes to Denver he’ll probably end up in the blue tent.
Denver might be Minshew's ONLY shot to come in as the official starter, and not hold a clipboard, unless the official starter gets injured.
Yeah the risk could be that Minshew might not be successful, an or get injured, an or end up carrying a clipboard later.
But despite that, Minshew, if he is offered being the official bridge starter, he needs to, should accept that offer. If he does very well as the starter, then even if the Denver ends up not doing well because of depleted roster, lack of defense, etc, then at least by doing very well despite that, Minshew might semi probably either get a longer term chance at Denver, and be thought of as more then a bridge QB there, or some other team might then make Minshew the official starter.
Minshew might be able to use Denver to establish, prove himself as a viable official regular starting QB worthy starting QB, whether at Denver or some other place.
So Denver might be his Minshew's shot, and if so he needs to, should take it if offered, etc.
Yes there is risk, but if he Minshew isn't willing to take that kind of risk, if offered, then he will be a career lifetime clipboard holder.