Quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian are listed as co-starters on the team’s depth chart released Monday ahead of the preseason opener at Chicago on Thursday night.
Sanchez and Siemian have been splitting first-team reps throughout training camp with rookie Paxton Lynch taking the third-team reps. Lynch is listed as the No. 3 quarterback.
With the retirement of Peyton Manning and the free-agent defection of Brock Osweiler to the Houston Texans, the defending Super Bowl champions are committed to finding a starter out of the group of Sanchez (10 starts over the past three seasons), Siemian (took a knee in one game in 2015) and Lynch (26th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft).
Head coach Gary Kubiak said Saturday he was not ready to name a starter for the first preseason game against the Bears.
“I’m going one week at a time,” Kubiak said. “I will make a decision on what we’re going to do Thursday in Chicago and I haven’t come close to doing that yet.”