Broncos QB competition: Jarrett Stidham

As 2024 Training Camp powered by Ford approaches, we’re taking a closer look at all three quarterbacks on the Broncos’ roster. Jarrett Stidham, Zach Wilson and Bo Nix are set to compete for Denver’s starting job, and each player spoke with DenverBroncos.com in mid-June.

We begin the series with Stidham, who returns to Denver for his second season with the Broncos.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As Jarrett Stidham prepares for his fifth NFL season, he firmly believes his best football is still ahead of him.

A 2019 fourth-round pick, Stidham enters the Broncos’ quarterback competition with four career starts — and a conviction that he has yet to reach the level at which he’s capable of playing.

Stidham led the Broncos to a 1-1 record in January as he closed the 2023 season by completing 60.6 percent of his passes for 496 yards, two touchdowns, an interception and an 87.7 quarterback rating. He previously completed 63.9 percent of his passes for 656 yards, four touchdowns, three interceptions and an 89.2 quarterback rating in two starts with the Raiders to end the 2022 season.

As training camp approaches, though, Stidham believes he still has more to give.

“I feel like I’m still not even close to my full potential,” Stidham told DenverBroncos.com in mid-June. “It’s one of those things [where] getting out there the last two weeks was great, and I felt like I was just kind of starting to get back in the rhythm of things.”

Head Coach Sean Payton has also expressed that belief, saying in March that the Broncos “still feel real positive” about Stidham and that he didn’t believe Stidham had reached his ceiling.

“I’m anxious to see where that spot is that we say, ‘All right, that’s it,'” Payton said on March 25. “I don’t think we’ve seen it yet.”