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The Broncos acquired Wilson and a seventh-round
draft pick last week from the New York Jets in exchange for a
sixth-round choice. Each team will pay a portion of his 2024
salary, which has a base of just over $1 million.
Denver then selected Bo Nix 12th overall in the draft on Friday.
Wilson's option for 2025 would have been worth $22.4 million.
Broncos coach Sean Payton said that Wilson and Nix would compete
for the starting role along with Jarrett Stidham, who went 1-1
as a starter for Denver last year, and Ben DiNucci.
The Broncos announced in March that they would release their
regular starting quarterback from the past two years, Russell
Wilson, with a post-June 1 designation. Russell Wilson went
11-19 as a starter over his two years in Denver, proving to be a
big disappointment after he arrived in a March 2022 trade with
the Seattle Seahawks.
Zach Wilson, 24, was chosen second overall by the Jets in the
2021 draft out of BYU. He produced a 12-21 record as New York's
starter, completing 57 percent of his passes for 6,293 yards
with 23 touchdown tosses and 25 interceptions.
Last season, he went 4-7 with a career-high 60.1 percent
completion rate, 2,271 yards, eight TDs and seven interceptions.
Nix, 24, threw for 4,508 yards and 45 touchdowns while getting
picked off just three times for Oregon last season.
--Field Level Media
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