These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the team.
† In Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season against the New Orleans Saints, backup quarterback Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID-19 and all of Denver's quarterbacks were ruled ineligible due to being close contacts with him. As a result, practice squad receiver Kendall Hinton, who had some experience at quarterback, was activated to play in the game as the Broncos' primary passer. However, as the Broncos lined up in wildcat formation with running back Phillip Lindsay under center for the first four plays, Lindsay technically started the game at quarterback.[1] But also Hinton became the first non-quarterback to play significant snaps at the position in an NFL game since running back Tom Matte with the Baltimore Colts in 1965.[2]
^"New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos - November 29th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
^O’Halloran, Ryan. "Broncos rookie receiver Kendall Hinton to get chance to shine … at quarterback". Denver Post. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League They are listed in order of the date of each player s first start at quarterback for the team Contents 1 Starting quarterbacks 1 1 Regular season 1 2 Post season 2 Most games as starting quarterback 3 Team career passing records 4 See also 5 ReferencesStarting quarterbacks Edit John Elway 1983 1998 Peyton Manning 2012 2015 Russell Wilson 2022 present Teddy Bridgewater 2021 Drew Lock 2019 2020 Joe Flacco 2019 Case Keenum 2018 Paxton Lynch 2016 2017 Trevor Siemian 2016 2017 Brock Osweiler 2015 2017 Chris Simms 2009 Tim Tebow 2010 2011 Kyle Orton 2009 2011 Jay Cutler 2006 2008 Jake Plummer 2003 2006 The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right Regular season Edit Season s Quarterback s 1960 AFL Frank Tripucka 14 1961 AFL Frank Tripucka 10 George Herring 4 1962 AFL Frank Tripucka 13 George Shaw 1 1963 AFL Mickey Slaughter 7 John McCormick 3 Don Breaux 2 Frank Tripucka 2 1964 AFL Jacky Lee 10 Mickey Slaughter 4 1965 AFL Mickey Slaughter 7 John McCormick 6 Jacky Lee 1 1966 AFL Max Choboian 7 John McCormick 5 Scotty Glacken 1 Mickey Slaughter 1 1967 AFL Steve Tensi 12 Jim LeClair 2 1968 AFL Steve Tensi 6 Marlin Briscoe 5 Jim LeClair 2 John McCormick 1 1969 AFL Steve Tensi 12 Pete Liske 2 1970 Pete Liske 9 Chuck Pastrana 3 Steve Tensi 2 1971 Don Horn 9 Steve Ramsey 5 1972 Charley Johnson 9 Steve Ramsey 5 1973 Charley Johnson 14 1974 Charley Johnson 12 Steve Ramsey 2 1975 Steve Ramsey 7 Charley Johnson 6 John Hufnagel 1 1976 Steve Ramsey 12 Craig Penrose 2 1977 Craig Morton 14 1978 Craig Morton 13 Craig Penrose 2 Norris Weese 1 1979 Craig Morton 10 Norris Weese 6 1980 Craig Morton 9 Matt Robinson 7 1981 Craig Morton 15 Steve DeBerg 1 1982 Steve DeBerg 5 Craig Morton 3 Mark Herrmann 1 1983 John Elway 10 Steve DeBerg 5 Gary Kubiak 1 1984 John Elway 14 Gary Kubiak 2 1985 John Elway 16 1986 John Elway 16 1987 John Elway 12 Ken Karcher 3 1988 John Elway 15 Gary Kubiak 1 1989 John Elway 15 Gary Kubiak 1 1990 John Elway 16 1991 John Elway 16 1992 John Elway 12 Tommy Maddox 4 1993 John Elway 16 1994 John Elway 14 Hugh Millen 2 1995 John Elway 16 1996 John Elway 15 Bill Musgrave 1 1997 John Elway 16 1998 John Elway 12 Bubby Brister 4 1999 Brian Griese 13 Chris Miller 3 2000 Brian Griese 10 Gus Frerotte 6 2001 Brian Griese 15 Gus Frerotte 1 2002 Brian Griese 13 Steve Beuerlein 3 2003 Jake Plummer 11 Steve Beuerlein 2 Danny Kanell 2 Jarious Jackson 1 2004 Jake Plummer 16 2005 Jake Plummer 16 2006 Jake Plummer 11 Jay Cutler 5 2007 Jay Cutler 16 2008 Jay Cutler 16 2009 Kyle Orton 15 Chris Simms 1 2010 Kyle Orton 13 Tim Tebow 3 2011 Tim Tebow 11 Kyle Orton 5 2012 Peyton Manning 16 2013 Peyton Manning 16 2014 Peyton Manning 16 2015 Peyton Manning 9 Brock Osweiler 7 2016 Trevor Siemian 14 Paxton Lynch 2 2017 Trevor Siemian 10 Brock Osweiler 4 Paxton Lynch 2 2018 Case Keenum 16 2019 Joe Flacco 8 Drew Lock 5 Brandon Allen 3 2020 Drew Lock 13 Jeff Driskel 1 Brett Rypien 1 Phillip Lindsay 1 2021 Teddy Bridgewater 14 Drew Lock 3 2022 Russell Wilson 14 Brett Rypien 2 In Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season against the New Orleans Saints backup quarterback Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID 19 and all of Denver s quarterbacks were ruled ineligible due to being close contacts with him As a result practice squad receiver Kendall Hinton who had some experience at quarterback was activated to play in the game as the Broncos primary passer However as the Broncos lined up in wildcat formation with running back Phillip Lindsay under center for the first four plays Lindsay technically started the game at quarterback 1 But also Hinton became the first non quarterback to play significant snaps at the position in an NFL game since running back Tom Matte with the Baltimore Colts in 1965 2 Post season Edit Season Quarterback s 1977 Craig Morton 2 1 1978 Craig Morton 0 1 1979 Craig Morton 0 1 1983 Steve DeBerg 0 1 1984 John Elway 0 1 1986 John Elway 2 1 1987 John Elway 2 1 1989 John Elway 2 1 1991 John Elway 1 1 1993 John Elway 0 1 1996 John Elway 0 1 1997 John Elway 4 0 1998 John Elway 3 0 2000 Gus Frerotte 0 1 2003 Jake Plummer 0 1 2004 Jake Plummer 0 1 2005 Jake Plummer 1 1 2011 Tim Tebow 1 1 2012 Peyton Manning 0 1 2013 Peyton Manning 2 1 2014 Peyton Manning 0 1 2015 Peyton Manning 3 0 Most games as starting quarterback EditThese quarterbacks have the most starts for the Broncos in regular season games through the 2018 NFL season NameGP Games playedGS Games startedW Number of wins as starting quarterbackL Number of losses as starting quarterbackT Number of ties as starting quarterbackPct Winning percentage as starting quarterbackName Period GP GS W L T John Elway 1983 1998 234 231 148 82 1 643Craig Morton 1977 1982 72 64 41 23 641Peyton Manning 2012 2015 58 57 45 12 789Jake Plummer 2003 2006 59 54 39 15 722Brian Griese 1998 2002 53 51 27 24 529Charley Johnson 1972 1975 54 41 20 18 3 524Frank Tripucka 1960 1963 44 39 13 25 1 346Jay Cutler 2006 2008 37 37 17 20 459Kyle Orton 2009 2011 34 33 12 21 364Steve Tensi 1967 1970 41 32 10 21 1 328Steve Ramsey 1971 1976 53 31 14 17 452Trevor Siemian 2015 2017 26 24 13 11 542Team career passing records EditThrough the 2018 NFL season Name Comp Att Yds TD IntJohn Elway 4 123 7 250 56 9 51 475 300 226Peyton Manning 1 443 2 170 66 5 17 112 140 53Brian Griese 1 044 1 678 62 2 11 763 71 53Jake Plummer 944 1 596 59 1 11 631 71 47Craig Morton 907 1 594 56 9 11 895 74 65Jay Cutler 762 1 220 62 5 9 024 54 37Kyle Orton 720 1 194 60 3 8 434 49 28Frank Tripucka 662 1 277 51 8 7 676 51 85Charley Johnson 517 970 53 3 7 238 52 52See also EditList of American Football League players List of NFL starting quarterbacksReferences Edit New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos November 29th 2020 Pro Football Reference com Retrieved December 6 2020 O Halloran Ryan Broncos rookie receiver Kendall Hinton to get chance to shine at quarterback Denver Post Retrieved December 1 2020 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