{"id":800018,"date":"2026-08-02T22:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:07:12","slug":"sam-ehlinger-pushing-jarrett-stidham-for-broncos-backup-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Ehlinger pushing Jarrett Stidham for Broncos&#8217; backup job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Ehlinger took the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/mike-klis\/broncos-notes-ehlinger-pushes-stidham-for-no-2-qb\/73-360d29e8-dc5f-4481-a080-07c6c9dc5343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Broncos\u2019 second-team snaps<\/a> on Saturday, Mike Klis of 9News reports.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrett Stidham, the team\u2019s backup to Bo Nix the past two seasons, was with the third team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was nothing remarkable or anything that we discussed in a meeting, so maybe they just unfolded where . . . I wouldn\u2019t make anything into it,\u2019\u2019 Broncos head coach Sean Payton said, via Klis.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time Ehlinger has run the No. 2 offense, though, when Nix is healthy. (Ehlinger was the backup to Stidham in the AFC Championship Game when Nix was out with an ankle injury.)<\/p>\n<p>Ehlinger had a chance to leave for Washington and Indianapolis last season \u2014 and perhaps a better chance at the No. 2 job \u2014 but remained on the Broncos\u2019 practice squad. Now, it appears he will push Stidham for the backup job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we just sold our program and the offense,\u2019\u2019 Payton said of keeping Ehlinger. \u201cWe could never promise anything other than [a chance to develop]. I would say this, we saw immediate growth, and I think you\u2019d have to ask him, but I think he felt like, \u2018I want to continue with this offense and continue where I\u2019m going.\u2019 I think he felt good about it to make that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Ehlinger took the Broncos\u2019 second-team snaps on Saturday, Mike Klis of 9News reports. Jarrett Stidham, the team\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-800018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}