Kubiak on next week’s starter
“No. Peyton is our quarterback. If he’s healthy and ready to go, Peyton’s our quarterback.”
Sure, but he’s not healthy.
I’ve got no doubts that Kubiak believes Manning is the team’s starter at this moment, but the situation is not that cut and dry.
First off, if Manning’s injury is as serious as Kubiak is making it out to be — if Kubiak is really as regretful about playing Manning as he says he is — then I don’t see any way in which he starts Manning next week against the Bears. As I wrote before Sunday’s game, the Broncos need to give Manning some rest, both for his body and his ego.
Start Osweiler against the Bears, give Manning two weeks of R&R and bring him back against the Patriots in Week 12.
Of course, though, the one thing that could throw a wrench into that plan is if Osweiler looks great against the Bears … but we’ll cross that bridge when (if) we get there.
