paxton is in it. the starter's line did fine. when russell at left tackle and you can schofield at right guard, that was the second string line. i don't think the line is the issue. >> if is for the pre-season line. then you make a decision. >> absolutely. could that snap happen? that would be nuts. >> if paxton gets the start they will go crazy. let's go to baseball, the rockies. they have won two series from the best two teams in the national league. and the cubs. air force day. off we go into the wild blue yonder. jack in the first inning. sorry about the singing. tony walters has been hot. 5-0. delaydela rosa. homer. the rocks win 11-4 taking 2 out of 3 from the cubs. >>> to bristol, rain relay. 78 car worked up to 3rd. bad luck struck. kyle busch spun. larson hit him. ? ? ? ? >>> final day of competition for the rio games. kevin durant going strong. usa96-66. third gold in a row. retirrng from team usa. 121 total medals. china 70. the closing ceremonies, see you in 2020 in tokyo, japan. >>> all right, you saw what happened i

>>> on 1st and goal, paxton lynch just hit durron neal for a touchdown. >> paxton lynch again the arm strength that i love, going to greet his teammates. don't be deceived by his numbers. a couple of bad drops but he has acquitted himself extremely well, and it will be interesting to see if he earns himself time with the starters next week. >> the extra point is good, and 1:55 to go and the broncos get minutes and 25 seconds and lynch to durron neal. >> it's so funny. people talk about what is better, to play the quarterbacks right away or to sit them? and the greatest example for sitting them aaron rodgers. you know why he sat? they had brett favre. >> brett j wmca) >> this team does not have brett favre and you have a championship team. >> and how many players over the last 7, played right away? in the old days, it never happened but now you see it all the time. >> yeah. and a lot of the guys, peyton manning being one of them, will tell you that the school of hard knocks is the best -- the best way to learn is to go through it. will there be struggles? yes. >> paxton lynch, 14 of 24

because paxton lynch eventually is going to have the job. and i think it's going to be sooner rather than later. >> you said that. we talked about the corner backs in the past. i think i told you that just before the start of training camp, that we'll get used to saying the name, and even going back to the draft, when you mentioned that ricky hunley was a quarterback whisperer. i said he was going to compete for the job. >> and he has. >> mark sanchez is really disappointed that here's a guy that has all the experience. and they brought him in to say okay boys, let me show you how it's done. and all he's done is let those guys show they're just as good. >> they brought them in to give they figured he'd get the job. and from day one they found out he is who they thought he was. thank you. and they just realized, can't do it. with this kind of a defense, we can't play somebody that turns it over all the time. >> but i don't think this effects the team the way some people might think. some people have gone back to the 99 season. that's differen

. >> paxton lynch is the best athlete. >> reporter: to choose? >> paxton and then sanchez. >> sanchez has the experience. he fumbles too much. simeon seems like he is scared. i would think lynch because he seems to be the one that he is young and he's got the guts, though. >> reporter: okay. let's let a neutral party chime >> reporter: perfect. andre doesn't follow the broncos but he should have some insight. >> it doesn't matter which quarterback. >> peyton manning wasn't the greatest last year and we still won. >> reporter: the defense might have the pressure on them again. who is kubiak going to choose? >> put me in, coach. >> reporter: you think you'd do a better job leading the broncos once the regular season starts, get your name on your jersey. how about this one? sanchez with a few tweaks. denver is 1-1 in the preseason. luckily those don't count. two more games to iron out the case before going head-to-head with the panthers. and you know they are not too happy with how the last matchup went. i know there are plenty of fans, i wasn't abl

and paxton lynch, played the first after. no touchdowns and no interceptions for him either, so after one game complete, the competition continues, but decision time begins soon. >> i got so many questions i could answer on this team. team. we had a very competitive practice today. we are going to have two against the niners, we are going to play them saturday. you got to get to the point you start to answer those things. >> we heard chris kubiak say this is going to be the most important training camp. the saturday preseason game. how poornt is this week not only for the quarterback position, but for the staff. >> i think what gary would like to a little bit. the competition is so very close. it is open between mark sanchez and trevor siemian. i believe that to be true, but i know they would like to after this game -- at least i think this is true -- have a guy to say you know what? he has the edge. somebody takes control and plays well enough against san francisco and in practice, obviously, to go into that third preseason

. >> paxton lynch is the best athlete. >> reporter: to choose? >> paxton and then sanchez. >> sanchez has the experience. he fumbles too much. seems to be the one that he is young and he's got the guts, though. >> reporter: okay. let's let a neutral party chime in. >> i'm from switzerland. >> reporter: perfect. andre doesn't follow the broncos but he should have some insight. >> it doesn't matter which quarterback. >> peyton manning wasn't the greatest last year and we still won. >> reporter: the defense might have the pressure on them again. who >> put me in, coach. >> reporter: you think you'd do a better job leading the broncos once the regular season starts, get your name on your jersey. how about this one? sanchez with a few tweaks. sanchez, 9news. denver is 1-1 in the preseason. luckily those don't count. two more games to iron out the case before going head-to-head with the panthers. and you know they are not too happy with how the last matchup went. i know there are plenty of twitter. close call between paxton lynch and trevor siemian. ly

we saw an interception from paxton, so it's not a mistake- free football team. i continue to look at it and say the defense cannot win every game as it did last no, maybe it can. the question i ask you in return troy, is if peyton manning stale living in -- still living in denver and wanted to come back today would you let him? >> not at age 40. >> and not with this offense. >> right, square peg, round hole, it didn't fit. just put lynch in in the shot gun. >> well, he beat the panthers beyond beyond yards a team ever had. the defense scored six touchdowns this year, that's >> if you can convince john elway and gary kubiak, yes inept to go with the -- they want to go with the young guys, but if you ask who could get you back to the super bowl and win it, you're lacking that leadership and control on the field, and a guy that wwuld be healthy thissyear. >> for how long? he'd be healthy practices. >> >. well, i'm just saying since the train -- >> it's going off the tracks! >> i don't know about peyton manning, but i'd take osweiler for sure right now. you talked t

paxton lynch looked a little shaky. is paxton lynch ready in quarter 2 to take over against the carolina panthers if say simeon sprains an ankle and has to miss a few plays? i think they're looking a back. >> unfortunately tip tebow is tied up now -- tim tebow is tied up now with baseball, but colin kaepernick might be available soon. john elway spent his entire offseason trying to acquire kaepernick. think he'd revisit that? >> no. if it's permissible to stay on tv, heck no. i don't think -- what happened was paxton lynch, they moved on from kaepernick. that's when they drafted paxton lynch. so i don't think under any circumstance the broncos bring back kaepernic he can't play anymore it doesn't look like on top of everything else. >> klis and tell, thanks. >>> rockies begin a nine game homestand tonight. the dodgers are in town. how was your weekend? probably better than washington nationals pitcher mark rachinski. he fielded a bunt and made the worst throw in major league history, an underhand flip 20 feet over his t

paxton? what do you think? starter. after denver's pre-season win at chicago, it doesn't seem much clearer who will end up to be the starting quarterback for the broncos. >> we were hoping to see a standout last night but they were all pretty good. all three quarterbacks played well in the season opener. broncos scored in a variety of ways including this mark sanchez touchdown pass to demaryius thomas. and trevor simeon had a nice job here moving down field connecting on seven throws. and rookie paxton lynch completed the t the guys are feeling good after the first action. >> exactly the way we wanted to come out, it is efficient, and get the ball down the field, and establish the run game and the offensive line protecting me really well and we have a running game going and hit a couple of passes through the air. and took a big hit and made a good throw. >> and it felt good to go out there and finally play against a real defense and be live and get hit and move around the pocket and make some throws out there. so it fel

means we will see more the defense and will talk more about that coming up in sports and more on paxton lynch and his progress coming up. >>> taking a look now at new video of an overpass that collapsed after a truck clipped it this morning united kingdom and authorities say the overpass fell onto a pedestrian bridge hurting a motorcyclist, he apparently got off of his enough but he is expected to be okay. that crash caused massive traffic delays. >>> the latest on the devastation in central italy after 6.2 magnitude earthquake killed 284 people, friends and relatives of 34 of the victims buried them today and they carry their coffins into a community gym. italy's president was among those who attended the funeral and the bishop who led today's service offered words of comfort for the victims family, the death toll could rise as work crews continue to for victims. >>> new details tonight about the man accused of killing two not to mississippi, rodney sanders has been charged with two counts of capital murder and the bodies of the two sisters were found in their homes on thursday and it

what did you think of paxton? >> paxton? you know, he struggles from youth, with some teams that are a talented kid. work with him, ring him along and not let him get too frustrated when things aren't going well. >> reporter: when he comes in after trevor and we don't see mark at all, what do we make of that? >> oh, nothing. i talked to mark this morning and said i'm going to play trevor maybe a half or more, and i was going to play paxton the last four or five minutes. no reading into it, i know a lot about mark, i've got two young kids that i need to see play a little bit more. >> reporter: break it to us and tell us the starter? what you prefer? have you talked to the team and have a feeling of what you want to do now? >> i have been in evaluation, watching film this morning at 5:00, trying to figure out what's best for our football team. we will make a decision, figure it out and go to work. like i said before, they have all worked very hard, worked well in training camp and when it's time to make those decisions we will

paxton lynch has actually risen in this race. had there been three more weeks of training camp, i think quarterback against -- legitimate threat to be the starting quarterback against carolina. >> what will we learn from the next decision? >> i feel like you're kind of leading me into being mark sanchez's personal grim reaper here. if paxton lynch goes second, then yes, i think maybe mark sanchez will be dodging the officials in the locker room there for a couple days, but i goes second. he got a lot of first team reps in the last couple days. it could be sanchez comes in second, plays a series or two and the rest are paxton lynch. it's still going to be simeon and lynch i think one, two to start the season. >>> rockies got swept by the milwaukee brewers for the first time in five years today. to a pretty good start. brewers slugger ryan braun knocked a pair out of the park. roccos lose 7-1. >>> strange but drew, shortly after dodgers rookie bob segdon homered in the victory over the giants he learned his wife robin had gone into

mark, trevor or paxton? we're looking at your results around 6:35. big wins for team swimmer michael phelps-- adding to the list of golds for us. we're checking in with cheryl and matt in just a little bit for an update from rio de janeiro. the united states has been pretty unstoppable in rio this week. we continue to lead in overall medals and gold medals. the u-s has 38 total... 16 gold... 12 silver.. 10 bronze. china has 30 total medals. japan with 22russia has 19... in fifth with 16. the half way point of the summer olympics in rio. if the last stretch is anything like the start we are all in for a treat. michael phelps and simone biles led another huge night for team usa like any olympics, it brings story lines of the highest high, and the deepest disappointments. cheryl and matt are in rio. you feel so much for the athletes along with all those employees an army of volunteers. they are a big part of bringing smiles to olympic park and to us. today as crowds started to fill the main olympic park in rio we caught the samba welcome crewdancing to

looks like paxton lynch will which rookie do you think will have the biggest impact. >> paxton lynch. >> really? >> the 6th rounder is a full back and he will play a lot. the 7th rounder may wind up being a punter. you got davon tray booker and justin simmons. but a paxton lynch starts after the buy. starts the final three games. a quarterback has the most impact. even if it is three or four games the quarterback trumps all. >> training camps crowd small and your theory was no peytoning manning but they had more fans today. >> some of the theories because the high schools are starting early. some of the districts are starting early. a lot of people were on vacation during that first week and another theory that danielle's forecast, it was days when they set record temperatures, i think that maybe the media shamed the broncos fans that the crowds were so light by pointing it out. a lot of people thought no one is going. the next thing you know they have record crowds. they had a record crowd of more than 5500 people. >> that's the way it should be for the defending super bowl champs. >

how did you think paxton did tonight? i wish i called a better played us away i look as a coach second and 15. put them in a it in a situation gave him a play obviously not a a very good football player. nasa way i look at things first. you can sense he's frustrated. are talking about the quarterback media really wants definitive answers and clear-cut back and white answers. gary doesn't have the answer in his own brain right now. this is a process is not something that the lynch might look to locate a probably not can a get the not as a starting qb there. everything he produced is against two are three's. thank you so much for your coverage tonight what is to market a a look okay. mike: previously on home free... we began the competition to build ten homes in ten weeks. nick: this is crazy! mike: eleven contestants set out to win a dream home for their personal heroes, and $100,000 for themselves. we're building an entire neighborhood. mike: every week, the houses get bigger and better. we will be turning this house into

paxton lynch played the second half. involved. ht for everybody %- try rank live at soldier field. offense, defense, special teams. a good time held by all. >> reporter: i wonder if the bears practiced or jjst handed out uniforms. the broncos demolished them but everyone's optimism is behind mark sanchez. i talked to him off on the side and second chance to make a first impression. he knows he's in a competition for this starting job. all he did in that first drive, three for three, 59 yards including that big strike you showed to do mariuz thomas. a really nice pass to set up a field goal for trevor simeon gutman. he had a chance for a touchdown. bennie fowler couldn't hold on but sanchez made a statement in the first game that he is here to stay. for us. to score on my first drive. not just the field goal but to go down and get six points, to stand there on third down and take a hit. it's nice to pop up from a hit like that. they never feel good but they feel better when your guy is in the end zone. >> it's our first live-action. it was pretty cool to see that kind of success on

enter journeyman mark sanchez...last year's third-stringer trevor seimian...and the kid...paxton lynch... but what the broncos may miss more than peyton's production...is the intangibles...and nobody's fooling themselves into thinking one guy can single-handedly step nt greatest to ever play the game... "we all understand that that's over. it's gone. this is a new group. there are going to be some new leaders. there are going to be some new people. it's gonna have a new identity, and we don't know what that identity is yet. we're working on it each day," said gary kubiak, denver broncos head coach. "i might have a piece of what peyton had, but not all of it. so does d.t. [demaryius thomas], russell [okung] and everybody. so i think if we all come together and we lead as an offense, as a unit, as a group, that's almost better anyway," said anderson. even with a leadership-by- committee approach...the quarterback position will be under a microscope...just part of the territory... siemian...leading the race... "whenever coach is ready to decide, it's his call all the way. we've just gotta

what have you seen from paxton lynn inch the first couple preseason games and throughout training camp. >> he's a the other night i couldn't believe he got out of some of those things. he's a big guy. has a strong arm. he works hard to try to understand everything that's going on. and you know he's just a great competitor and we love to have guys like that around. >> he's taking after your motto. >> yeah. >> no one guy is going to bring paxton lynch down. >> he's 240. he can't come down with one brought to you by xfinity. stats and scores at the touch of a button. makes it happen on your tv while you watch the game. still to come we take a trip down memory lane who knew nevada would be an nfl pipeline. that and much more coming up as welcome back to the view house centennial. conversation continuing with virgil green. you had the opportunity this weekend or last week i should say to meet up with an old college buddy of yours colin kaepernick was in town. he was your quarterback when he was in nevada all the rumors collin may be can being a bronco did you talk to him at all. >> i talked

paxton lynch, but a bunch of other people to keep an eye on them. can he show that he is the second string runningback? i expect a lot of carries. lionel at cornerback who has been impressive. and defensive end. 3 defensive line. really like what he has done here so far. he will have some questions that will be answered tonight and it will start as quarterback with mark sanchez, followed by siemian and then the kid. we'll recap it all tonight at 10:00, l.b.? >> all right, troy. we'll see you then. thanks, man. >>> and now as we told you earlier, patrick roy resigned as head coach of the avalanche. boy what a start he had. this was his first game, but done just three years into it. looks and sounds like a power struggle with his friend and former teammate as gm joe sakic. now patrick released a statement saying that his vision and the avs vision are not perfectly aligned. he didn't have enough say so in decisions about building the team. joe is on vacation right now. minutes ago. we'll hear from joe sakic at 6:00. >>> tied 9-9 with the rangers. bases

this is a bridge year for paxton. i think trevor simeon, the no. 1 quarterback, is good enough to win 10 games this year. i think simeon could win a playoff game, but by the start some point this year paxton lynch will be the guy. mike klis, 9news. >>> all the ladies in the house are doing the paxy dance, still of the night comes from seattle where dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo suffered another back injury and had to leave after only taking three snaps against the seahawks >>> tanks for nothing, this afternoon's little league world series game between mexico and south korea was delayed due to broken glass. a 75-mile an hour fastball bounced directly into espn's television camera shattering the lens, took several minutes to clean up the mess. damage and so tanks for nothing. i swear that happens every year. usually it's a foul ball right into the camera lens, costs about $50,000. you'd think they'd just put some plexiglass in front of that. they do that at major league not even the weekend yet. >> close. >> but

mitt takes that gary kubiak said can't happen. >> paxton lynch had a good game. two touchdowns, including a drive late in the game, it. did have the interception, and you have to remember, that was against the third team for the san francisco 49ers. ill still think paxton lynch is the odd man in looking out at this competition. from the rookie. good to see him get out of the pocket, throw it well, make some things happen. >> so the quarterback competition is certainly still open. we will see what happens next week. the broncos host the los angeles rams for the third preseason game. >> leave for vacation, come home and find the wheels stolennen from your car? it's happening more and more often, and rick wants to know why. >> reporter: andrew, ari, and sky, allso common, they had great vacation cases until they found out their wheels are were stolen while they were away. >> my truck was actually sitting on cinder blocks if the parking lot. >> reporter: why denver police said this type of crime is on the rise. >> they get in, and they're out very, very quickly. >> r

rookie paxton lynch is expected to play all night which means mark sanchez is not only third string now, he's losing his grip on a roster spot altogether. so the broncos sanchez era appears over before he takes a live. 9news broncos insider mike klis is at team headquarters. let's play klis and tell. broncos released 11 players today but not sanchez. why not, mike? >> reporter: because they might not release sanchez. hold up a little bit there on that cartoon cartoon. i think going into the game saturday night against the rams it did look like the broncos were in a position they were going to release mark sanchez. him, but now the three options on the table for him are trade him, release him or return him at a pay cut and talking to some of the broncos here and there throughout the day, i get

fans were excited to see some new faces especially quarterbacks mark sanchez and paxton lynch. most of all, they were excited football is back. some might argue the preseason doesn't matter much. but for diehard fans, it's more about the excitement of what's to come and the first chance to see the super bowl champs back in action. alright early birds -- all eyes are on position. with peyton manning alright early birds -- all eyes are on the quarterback position. with out.. it's down to three potential q- bs. so we're asking you-- who do you so we're asking you-- who do you think should be the broncos starter? tweet us your pick- hashtag mark, trevor or paxton? and make sure you use the hashtag be on 9. we'll look at the results later this morning. avalanche -- is out. he announced his sudden resignation yesterday...saying his vision was different than the organization's. he also listed his lack of say in team decisions as a reason for stepping down. roy took over three years ago -- but the club has under-achieved the past two seasons. today is alex rodriguez's final major leagu

paxton lynch made it clear he wants the job. >> the quarterback competition continues for the denver broncos. mark, coming into preseason game number two against the san francisco 49ers, we thought this would be the game one of the quarterbacks would separate themselves and maybe give us a clear picture of who would be the starting quarterback, but that was far from the case. >> after the first quarter, it looked like trevathan semi had to get the job, but then turned the ball over, and the quick six. are so his chance to seize this, out the window. mark sanchez comes in, throws the ball well, and then in a matter of minutes fumbles the ball twice. something that gary kubiak said can't happen. >> well, they did some good things, but if you're not turning the ball over, and move hearing ball the way we moved hopefully the result would have been better. we have to hang on to the good things they do, because they both are doing some really good things, but we also have to find a way to predict the game and protect the ball ball which is -- so what is that, four turnovers now in two week

and paxton is behind those guys. nothing new. and i'm not going to worry about it. it is the coaches call to noticeable differences every day. we are improving. >> aqib talib to the field for the first time. he suffered a gunshot wound in his leg in dallas in early june. that is still under investigation. he is still facing a possible suspension. he was asked of the gunshot wound was self-inflicted review you have to respect that processsand the mac when to talk about that. i feel great. i don't want to put a number on it. and we have time. >> we showed you this earlier, a great scene after practice. he has cerebral palsy. children's hospital. his mother jessica contacted is here. and we put them in contact with von miiler. >>> right now on "the list." go retro. find treasure in your old toy box. turning collectibles into cold hard cash. >>> pac man and cocktails? the hot new trend giving old school arcades an upgrade. >>> from drab to fab. cheap and easy ways to give your old furniture a facelift. >>> our exclusive with corey feldman about the future of the goonies

first of all, we would not have had paxton lynch to cover here. john elway made one last attempt at colin kaepernick to take a pay cut from 12.3, to $7 million. he wouldn't do it. neither would i, by the way. when kaepernick decided not to, he moved elway moved on and moved up to draft paxton lynch. kaepernick's been out with a tired arm. so we still would be down to sanchez and simian, and not knowing who the starting quarterback would be on saturday night. >> dallas police said they still haven't determined if aqib talib was shot, or shot himself this summer. >> reporter: everyone talks or not he is, the dallas police completes its investigation. that's not going to happen. the nfl will wait. i think talib starts the season with the broncos. that's the good news. the bad news might be that the dallas police concludes in the season. >>> things got a little heated at today's practice, and it had nothing to do with the temperature, but as rod mackey bother the broncos. >> reporter: no more can the bronco says they're tired of hitting one another. t

. >> reporter: paxton lynch is looking online for remedies to help him grow his hair back faster. he got some first-team reps this week. >> with trevor being heard it gave me an opportunity to get in there with the ones in practice with them. i was pleased and happy to get those wraps. i took advantage of them. >> repooter: there is no quit in march chance has. he says he is prepared to take the competition down to the wire. at least he is still giving of content. >> was still doing things to keep it fun. this is the defending super bowl championship team. you probably get bored without it. >> reporter: a quick note, derek will miss practice again to deal with a family matter. >>> cubicle with the rockies and brewers today. nolan arnoldo with the blast in the rockets are not get another front. the rockies swept by milwaukee, seven-one the final. paxton lynch wants to grow his hair back faster, and searching for online remedies, or just wear a hat. over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to wh

but we will see plenty of trevor siemian and paxton lynch. one guy we won't see is von miller. he is aiming to be back on the field next week when the 49ers come to town. von's >> physically i'm good. conditioning wise i'm good. i'm ready to play. it's just the mental part of it. some of the mental stuff, some should of the plays. every day i'm at practice, i remember something new i used to do. >>> the rockies making a habit of blowing late leads. first friday they blew a 3-1 lead. last night the rockies blew another 3-1 lead. third the time's the charm? or not. don't blame the offense. charlie blackmon put them up 1-0 early at coors field in game 2 of a 3-game set with the rangers. rockies led 5-1 in the 8th. beltre with a 2-run double. that would tie things at 5:00. later in the inning, another run for texas. this one off the bat of elvis andrews. 5 runs in the final 2 innings. rocks fall today 7-5. >> just keep grinding. i think we got enough talent out there to get definitely hitting a tough stretch right here with our bullpen. bibelieve the guys will -- but i believe the

mark sanchez and paxton lynch will get their turns but gary yet. all he knows trevor siemian goes first -- knows is trevor siemian goes first. >> down a the nitty-gritty. i will make a decision next week and we will go to work. they put themselves in position to get the opportunity to compete. >> he thinks the best way to decide the broncos quarterback job may be [ music ] >> you can watch the game on channel 20 saturday night at 6:00 p.m. and we are live 9news broncos insider mike klis is at headquarters. supposed to be fair and even competition but trevor siemian gets two of the first three pre- season starts. he is going to win the job, isn't he? >> reporter: looks that way providing he plays well against now proves it was a fair competition. we all assumed mark sanchez was going to be the starter when this started. he was the guy with the experience. what turned out, though, the negative experience he has in his history worked against him. once he threw that pick in chicago, he had two more turnovers with the fumbles against the 49ers, you pile

after that, paxton played. sanchez, however, never did. >> bottom line, i talked to mark this morning. i told mark i'm going to play trevor for a half or maybe more. after that i'm going to play paxton. i wasn't going to put mark in the game the last four, five i've got two young kids i need to see play a little bit more. >> do you feel confident about what you've shown the coaches and this team? >> not reading too much in to anng reps tonight and play. and there are things we need to work on and things we're doing really well right now. >> obviously i think i can play. i don't think where i'm going to be later on down the road when i have a full grasp of the offense and understand it well, but if i needed to play, i'm going to do to keep us rolling. >> youth may win out over experience at punter as well. in this case it's all about the money. in the minds of the broncos, britton colquitt is making too much. riley dixon may be the man. according to mike klis the broncos are shopping the longest tenured bronco a

if simeon is the opening day quarterback, then the paxton lynch watch begins. mike klis, 9news. >> can't decide if that was a cheap shot or a compliment. >>> rockies were swept by the milwaukee brewers for the first time in five years today, three straight duds. can't blame nolan arenado. he regained the national league homer lead by belling his of the season, -- belting his 34th of the season, but colorado never scored another run. roccos lose 7 -1. >>> still of the night comes from washington d.c. where olympic hero katie ladecky made bryce harper hold her medals so she could throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the still of the night. isn't that funny? minding at all. >> those medals weigh 1.4 pounds apiece. >> look at you with the facts. >> every now and they -- then i mix a fact in, kathy. mike shanahan is celebrating his 64th tonight. >> so much for the rockies purple today. >> another waste of time. >> no. >>> we're halfway through the week. the weekend looks pretty good, a few rain showers out there tonight and a few more tomorrow, but we'll have som

paxton lynch hadn't received his at practice today. >> i'm not sure about that. you'd have to mark and trevor. >> yes, it came. [ laughter ] >> and that is the end result. not pretty. paxton tweeting those pictures sayig couldn't run for long, mamma. [ laughter ] >> they got the beard a little our son caleb was born with a rare form of cystic fibrosis. it means every day mucus builds up on his lungs, making it very hard for caleb to breathe. doctors told us that caleb's life expectancy was about 35 years of age. but then a new medication was invented that not only treated the symptoms of cystic fibrosis, but targeted the disease. the only problem was is that it wasn't approved to be used in the united states. but michael bennet changed that. working with republicans, michael bennet wrote a law to get medicine and treatments approved quicker. caleb just celebrated 5 years being hospital-free. he doesn't have to think about his disease every day. i'm able to see him in the future getting married, graduating from college. those were dreams that we hoped for, but now

trevor siemian gets the second quarter and paxton lynch is of the game. here's what kubiak wants to see. he is most often focused on this issue -- he wants his quarterbacks to keep the offense moving and get in and out of the huddle smoothly and make sure everyone is at the right place in line of scrimmage and avoid pre-snap penalties. the other big item is showing a command of the offense. they can show this if they p drives together and finish with touchdowns instead of field goals and perhaps, most importantly, take care of the ball and avoid nasty turnovers. >>> if you're looking past the quarterback, here's a couple other things to keep in mind. backer and hillman may be listed as code two line backs but that's not how they're lining up at practice. booker is the clear number two. look for him to get work night wondering who the punter will be, it's one of the most heated topics at camp. they want a punter who can pin opposing offenses deep in their own territory. the choice between veteran kol quit matters. britt? >>> you know this is not the night

paxton lynch hadn't received his at practice today. >> i'm not sure about that. you'd have to mark and trevor. >> yes, it came. [ laughter ] >> and that is the end result. not pretty. paxton tweeting those pictures sayig couldn't run for long, mamma. [ laughter ] >> they got the beard a little don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. by choosing flonase, you're choosing more complete allergy relief and all the enjoyment that comes along with it. when we breathe in allergens, ng 6 key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only control 1. flonase controls 6. and six is greater than one. with flonase, more complete relief means enjoyment of every beautiful moment. flonase, six is greater than one, changes everything. >>> xcel energy's upcomin to help out in the community. packing nutritional meal for hungry kids. colorado feeds kids is a nonprofit providing meals to food banks. this was one of the largest projects during last year's day of service. >> all i know is before it ended, a quick three hours, we had boxed enough to f

paxton lynch listed as the number 3 qb. gary kubiak all three down playing where everyone is listed on the depth chart. >> obviously some really good competition. nothing has changed at quarterback. mark and trevor continues to split reps as far as with the first group paxton is behind thosys attention to it go out go to work focus on what need to do that's going winning the game this week. >>reporter: of course we'll talk more football coming up tonight brandon stokely will be our guest. >> thank you michael. >>> a boy who got in trouble for bringing a homemade clock with prism on the go from centurylink, you can get your favorite shows right on your devices pretty much everywhere you go. um, paul, that was great. i like how you can walk around and watch your shows. and your delivery really evokes "the frozen north". meets "un giorno nella vita." or early film noir. like "whispering city." but the french version. i'm just gonna take a drumstick there. hmm, it's a bit derivative. mom: and your suggestion? "the pottery maker

but we will see plenty of trevor siemian and paxton lynch. one guy we won't see is von miller. he is aiming to be back on the field next week when the 49ers come to town. von's >> physically i'm good. conditioning wise i'm good. i'm ready to play. it's just the mental part of it. some of the mental stuff, some should of the plays. every day i'm at practice, i remember something new i used to do. >>> the rockies making a habit of blowing late leads. first friday they blew a 3-1 lead. last night the rockies blew another 3-1 lead. third the time's the charm? or not. don't blame the offense. charlie blackmon put them up 1-0 early at coors field in game 2 of a 3-game set with the rangers. then it all went downhill. beltre with a 2-run double. that would tie things at 5:00. later in the inning, another run for texas. this one off the bat of elvis andrews. 5 runs in the final 2 innings. rocks fall today 7-5. >> just keep grinding. i think we got enough talent out there to get definitely hitting a tough stretch right here with our bullpen. bibelieve the guys will -- but i believe the g

. >> reporter: in a sense that doesn't matter whether it is paxton lynch or mark sanchez, as the second quarterback in against the rams, based on practice this week, lynch is sanchez, not very much at all. >> you have all seen it through the first 2 pre-season games, lynch is really coming on. >> lynch on the run, pumps once, in trouble, throws in. >> i am very excited about the progress we made, we knew he had ground to make up, a ton of talent, but he is adapted, making calls, he is better. what he had to do this week, run the rams offense and then run ours, it is hard to do and he had a good week of practice, i is doing and i thing he has confidence in us to do what he does best, made a lot of progress and will be a fine young player. >> reporter: the broncos will be a playoff contender, but make no mistake, this is a bridge year to paxton. i think trevor siemian, the number 1 quarterback, is good enough to win 10 games this year. i think siemian can win a playoff game, but by the start of next weir, maybe even at some point this year, paxton lynch will mike klis, 9 news. ? ? ? >>> s

you don't want him necessarily takes reps away from paxton lynch, who will need him still through the season. i think at some point they want lynch to play this year. he has $4.5 million salary, that is a lot of money for a third spring if he doesn't make the team, the broncos don't have to send 7th round draft pick to the philadelphia eagles. there is a lot of issues conspiring against sanchez not making the team if he is not the starter. >> remarkable. thanks, mike. >>> rockies pitcher john gray tries to snap out of a terrible slump this evening, gray is allowed 19 runs in his last 12 innings, rocks gave up 4 hits but still lost the series opener with the brewers last night. a couple runs. rocks fell 4-2. have i mentioned how much i love sports? >> you have, you have, you do, and you will. >> i do now more than ever, after demaryius thomas lrned that former carolina panthers quarterback josh norman bragged about limiting thomas to one catch in super bowl 50, thomas struck back by tweeting his super bowl ring with a fellah?" >> that ought to shut him up, he is on the washington redsk

i mean, paxton lynch. he'll play a half. we'll talk about what he needs to do. back to you in the studio. >> check out our web site, thedenverchannel.com, ahead of the game, we have a bunch of articles about the broncos, including why von miller will not be playing tonight. >>> right now we are following breaking news from the first alert desk out of china, where 21 people at least are dead pipe exploded at a power station. this pick from a newspaper in china. right now it's not clear what caused the explosion. we will continue to track this story and let you know if there are other developments. >>> today this man will face a judge. darius radcliffe, and he has quit a rap sheet. it even includes a murder charge. denver7 reporter jason gruenauer joins us with more on the man who was hit during a shootout with denver police. >> reporter: he was hit during crime. there are several of them, according to police, and prosecutors who officially charged radcliffe yesterday. today he's going to be here inside of a courtroom with handcuffs on. he is only 20 years old, bu

mark sanchez, paxton lynch, and trevor siemian, we'll see. >> reporter: afterall the pre- season is just a test for the new guys and a taste of what's to come. >> can't wait to see our defense play. >> reporter: for die hard bronco fans. >> it'll ruin my week if we making the rest of the week look pretty sweet. >> you can argue that the pre- season doesn't matter a whole lot especially when some of the broncos biggest named players were not even playing tonight. but for the fans here it was more about the excitement of what's to come and the first chance to see their super bowl >>> hi everybody, the broncos kept their streak alive tonight of never losing their first game following a super bowl victory. broncs made it 3-3 in those situations by beating the chicago bears tonight. denver scored in a wide variety of ways. mark sanchez's touchdown pass to demaryius thomas. a benny fowler blocked punt a couple field goals. rookie paxton lynch was unable to put any points on the board, but completed the first half dozen throws and the broncos win 22-0. >> this is everything that you want in thi

i wouldn't rule out paxton lynch just yet. >> my evaluation is coming from about the last six months. it's not one game or anything. it's over a period of time. i think they all continue to work extremely hard. >> reporter: it's been crazy around here with quarterbacks. the living legend john elway becomes a general manager, jay cutler, a 24-year-old pro bowler run out of town by the new young head coach. there was the magical tebow your and then four with the great peyton manning. and the drama is just beginning. if simeon is the opening day quarterback, then the paxton >> can't decide if that was a cheap shot or a compliment. >>> rockies were swept by the milwaukee brewers for the first time in five years today, three straight duds. can't blame nolan arenado. he regained the national league homer lead by belling his 34th of the season, -- belting his 34th of the season, but colorado never scored another run. roccos lose 7 -1. >>> still of the from washington d.c. where olympic hero katie ladecky made bryce harper hold her medals so she could throw out the ceremonial first pitch in t

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i hope that it is paxton lynch. i want to see more of the rookie. i think that we know what mark sanchez is about. is mark going to get any better or worse? i think that he is what he is, but siemian and lynch, who knows how good they can be. gary kubiak wants to know as he praised paxton this morning telling us that he is very excited about his progress, he had a very good week of practice, and he's going to be a fine young player. gary doesn't have any worries going into the season with the starting quarterback with no experience. look, most job not this one. this is how much experience will play in gary's decision. >> zero, zero. i'm looking at what is taking place over the last six months, how they are handling themselves, how they handle the team, how they respond to things. that's what i'm looking at. >> and as far as looking at the leadership qualities of the quarterback and the fact that trevor siemian is not a jump around yell and scream kind of guy, runningback c. j. anderson saas that it plays zero part of the team leader. >> he is just s

is paxton lynch ready to come off the bench in the 2nd days? say simeon twists his ankle and has to come out of the game for a quarter or, so i'm not sure lynch is quite ready for that. so there is a possibility that sanchez stays. however, trading him is also on the table and if all those are exhausted, then they would release him, but he's not coming back on the no. 3 quarterback on his current 4.5 salary. that is the only thing that's certain about sanchez's future here. >> >> good point. >> you bring that up. he's not flashy and everything else. he really did hang in the shadows last year. >> yeah. >> i think people were behind the whole discussion with peyton and brock and who should start so much of the season when peyton was hurt. people didn't even know trevor simeon's last name or how to spell it i don't think. >> if they knew how to spell it, they couldn't pronounce it. isn't there and you'll have an easier time pronouncing his name. last year he was a seventh round draft pick and played surprisingly well in the preseason. that's why

kubiak knows what he's doing, and all you have to do is trust in that, and sooner or later i think paxton will get the job done. mode, surprised mark sanchez didn't win the job. sports director lionel bienvenu is here now, and now we know. >> yes, our broncos insider troy, woody and i talked about this last night. did trevor really win is job, or is he the lesser of three evils? sanchez keees turning the ball over, and lynch isn't ready, but now the broncos have a % starter that's never thrown a regur laason pass, and on a team with vexes of a repeat, that's aahuge unknown, but kubiak told troy tailed, no question about it -- troy today, no question about it trevor earned this. >> i told the team this morning, i go back and look at the body of work throughout the course of the off-season. i've watched training camp throughout the pre-season. >> i'm not tryyng to be peyton, probably get in a lot of trouble trying to be a hall of big to fi. i'm just trying to be the best me i can be and best teammate, and take it from there. >> he can throw the football, he's very calm, he understands the s

he led a couple osh as for paxton lynch, completed six of seven passes. 74 yards. also, no touchdowns. no picks. he moved the ball a bit. but did not put any points on the board. broncos dominated that scoreboard 20-0. the final, and michael spencer was in chicago. so any separation in this quarterback competition? >> i think we would be talking interception mark sanchez drive. he probably won the quarterback battle today even with that interception. he was really good under pressure. his interception didn't come because he was under pressure and threw a pick six like in training camp. all three guys were just decent today. nobody was necessarily spectacular. that is kind of how they felt afterwards when we talked to all three of them and it is clear, this quarterback competition is going to live on for at least another week. >> played like they have been practicing. >> it is important for us to score on that first round. not just a field goal, but to get six points. to stand there on third down and take a hit. it is nice to pop up from a hit like that. they never

. >> and they all practiced this week and paxton lynch got some time. >> and there was a lot of news. all of this came while he was on the scout team. will he be the second guy in. even if he's not. he's going to get a lot of reps. watch. trevor siemian gets the start. and one thing he says is he's not going to overthink this. >> i'm not reading too much into this. i think we're putting together some good things. just another week to build and try to get better. >> we're just doing it for you guys to keep it fun. it's the defending super bowl champion team and you probably get welcome. >> interesting, mark found a joke there. we appreciate the opportunity to talk about something else. but with prosecutor season game number 3, something needd to be decided. somebody's got to separate themselves. >> if siemian is able to do something he's done all camp which is show leadership abilities, he takes care of the football, it's his job. of a job. >> that's scary considering they brought him here in the off season. >>> and a did bit about trevor siemian and his northwestern ties. >> . >>> bew

i saw the same out of turner, and the same out of paxton. i think you guys stay tuned to see who keeps making plays. l.a. were chanting spruce, after nellson spruce. the cu product had catches in the rams game winning drive. he also had a touchdown that was key for their comeback. spruce has become a ffn favorite, and a team favorite, after signing on as an undrafted free agent. he has also caught the attention of the ram's head coach, that being jeff fisher. >> he's got win games. he's talented. you look at what he did in college, setting the pac-12 record is pretty impressive we thought that since well before the draft. >> this could be a great story. >>> this one won't have a happy ending.. rockies reeling. they've dropped 9 of 11. fading in the distance. chuck is red hot. everybody else ice cold. 9th, game over, the rockies swept in the city of brotherly love. >>> the raptors earned a point in l.a. it looked like they might get three of them, when gashi unleashed this laser. the galaxy responded a few minutes later be and -- and that's h

we will see plenty of trevor siemian and paxton lynch as well. trevor siemian is playing the second quarter and paxton lynch will play the second half. the broncos take on the bears at soldier field at 6:00 our time tomorrow night. >>> trending this morning, peyton manning got himself a big fish. not doing a lot these days as he's retired. him and dierks bentley were hanging out and got a big hall. this is on the defensive line. caught one that was way bigger but he couldn't find the picture. >>> dozens of bike helmets were ready to give out at the safety fair this weekend. if you wear one and it fits properly it can save your life and kids can get fitted as part of the bicycle rodeo. >> once the helmet hits the ground it disperses that energy over a wider area than it would have helmet. >> the district attorney safety fair runs 9:00 to 1:00 on saturday and will be at the jeff cofairgrounds near 6th and indiana. >>> let's get you caught up on weather and traffic. didn't you see the mascot would be there? >> yes, cheeseo will be there. >> can't wa

however, it was all paxton lynch during the second half. the rookie got a chance to show he's ready as the back up. the broncos face the cardinals this thursda kick off at 7:30. we have coverage leading up to the game on air and online at cbsdenver.com. >>> next on the cbs4 news, what may have led to more deaths in italy. >>> xcel energy needs 3800 volunteers to fulfill each product. >> we thought about working nonprofits and bringing together volunteers, family and employees and kids businesses and customers and come together and figure out how to improve colorado. >>> you can help, the day of service is saturday september 10th from 8:00 to 11:00 in the morning. sign up for a project by going to the day of service page at cbsdenver.com. >>> time now for weather and traffic. lauren is standing by. >> let's look outside in the well. mild start to the day. a little bit of rain in some areas but overall not too bad. let's look at what's happening this morning. western side of the state fairly clear and dry. rain in the san juans and rain in th