Through 6 weeks, are the Broncos better off without Osweiler?

How different the Denver Broncos roster might look if the front office had, as Mike Klis said Tuesday, showed Brock Osweiler just a little more love.

The 9News Broncos Insider told 104.3 The Fan’s “Schlereth and Evans” that the Houston Texans recruited and showed Osweiler the love like a university might do to a high school athlete.

“I think the Broncos assumed he was going to come back, and maybe they took it for granted,” Klis said. “They were also exhausted from just making a Super Bowl run. They wanted to be nice to Peyton Manning as he deliberated on his retirement. And all of that kind of conspired against the Broncos re-signing Brock Osweiler.”

But now, with a four-year, $72 million deal with the Texas in hand, the once future of the Broncos franchise returns to Denver for Monday Night Football to face his old team — and his replacements Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch.

So, given all the information through an offseason, preseason and six weeks of the regular season, are the Broncos better off with, or without, Osweiler?

“C.J. and Stokley” co-hosts Charles Johnson and Brandon Stokley said no Tuesday.

“His contract and his production don’t mesh. The money that he’s making, he’s not performing at that level,” Stokley said of Osweiler, also labeling him as too inconsistent.

Through six games Osweiler has his team at 4-2, including a come-from-behind victory on Sunday Night Football against the Indianapolis Colts — a record just good enough for first place in the AFC South.

Statistically, he’s among the league leaders in passing attempts but is 29th among qualifying quarterbacks in quarterback rating (74.1). Osweiler’s in the middle of the pack in passing touchdowns (8) and yards (1,402) but is among the bottom completion percentage (59 percent).

But despite similarly unequal numbers from Broncos starting quarterback Trevor Siemian, and largely incomplete numbers from rookie Paxton Lynch, Stokley’s sticking with Denver’s stable of gunslingers.

“I like what the Broncos have. I like their first-round draft pick. I think he’ll develop to be a good quarterback,” Stokley said.

Stokley also pointed to the salary Osweiler would have taken in as Denver’s starting quarterback, and who would have been left out of Broncos Country.

“What else could you do with that money? Would Emmanuel Sanders be signed? Would Brandon Marshall be signed?” Stokley said.

C.J. Anderson, Von Miller, and Sanders all signed lucrative deals since the team’s Super Bowl 50 victory to the tune of four year, $18 million; six years, $114.5 million; and three years, $33 million, respectively.

Not to mention, Lynch and Siemian are under contract each for the next four seasons with a combined average salary less than $3 million.

“I think the Broncos are definitely better off with the situation they’re in now and what they were able to do with that money than if they had Brock,” Stokley said.

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