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Safety T.J. Ward said this week that he believes the Broncos can put together the best defense of all time, something that would surely cover for many shortcomings on the offensive side of the ball.

How many shortcomings there will be is likely to be linked in some respect to the play of their quarterback. When offseason work ended, coach Gary Kubiak said that Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian were pretty much even in their quest to land that job with rookie Paxton Lynch a bit behind. In an interview with Sirius XM NFL Radio with Tom Pelissero and Bill Polian, though, defensive tackle Sylvester Williams said that Kubiak’s message to the team was a bit different.

“Right now, they’re giving all three of those guys equal reps, so I don’t think either one of them has created any advantage at this point, because they haven’t consistently been with the ones yet,” Williams said. “But I think, going into the camp, I think Coach Kub kind of let us know he’s going to go with Mark and give Mark the opportunity to see what he can do and then go on from there.”

Sanchez is the most experienced of the three options in Denver, so it’s no great surprise that he’d get the first look at the position. It would also come as no surprise if that look led Kubiak to reshuffle the deck before or during the regular season as Sanchez’s experience falls well short of making him a sure thing for Denver.