The Denver Broncos named Trevor Siemian (Olympia High School) the team's starting quarterback, head coach Vance Joseph announced at a news conference on Monday.
Siemian was the "clear-cut winner" in his competition with Paxton Lynch (Trinity Christian Academy) for the starting job, Joseph said.
Siemian, a 2015 seventh-round draft pick out of Northwestern who won the starting job last year when he beat out veteran Mark Sanchez, quickly surged ahead of Lynch, a first-rounder in 2016 from Memphis, when training camp opened.
Lynch showed more comfort with the new scheme and coaching staff but still proved inadequate at decoding defenses while Siemian was steady and solid, if unspectacular.