Quarterback Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up to the Broncos.

The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012.

Ostensibly, Quinn will compete with Kyle Orton for the Broncos' starting job, although coach Josh McDaniels was unavailable Sunday to comment on the trade, according to a team spokesman.

Orton told the Denver Post that he was willing to work with Quinn.

"We've made a lot great moves this offseason and this is another one,'' Orton told the newspaper. "He's a great player and I'll be happy to work with him.''

However, Orton said he expects to be the Broncos' starting quarterback again this season. Orton said he spoke with McDaniels about Quinn before the trade was completed.

"I will keep [the conversation with McDaniels] private but I do have total confidence that I'm the guy there,'' Orton told the newspaper. "Just like every year I'm going in to try and earn my starting job. I don't think I have anything to fret.''

The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.

"Obviously there are things that are out of my control. It's a great opportunity for me to play under a great coach [McDaniels]," Quinn told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It will be a fresh start for me and great opportunity with a very talented team and it should be a lot of fun."

"At this point, I'm just looking to create a role for myself on the team," Quinn told the Plain Dealer. "Anytime you're in a situation like this, that's all you can really do is just go in there and learn the system, get to know your teammates and coaches, everyone else, and that's really my focus right now. All of those things will take care of themself in the end."

Quinn's departure comes one day after the Browns agreed to terms with free agent Jake Delhomme on a two-year contract. Quinn went 3-9 in 12 starts for Cleveland, which drafted him with the 22nd pick in the first round in 2007 out of Notre Dame.

From Dublin, Ohio, he was embraced by Browns fans as the quarterback of the future. But the pairing never panned out for either the franchise or the player.

"I appreciate everything Brady did for us last year and in his three seasons with the Cleveland Browns," coach Eric Mangini said in a statement. "He is professional in the way he goes about doing his job and worked extremely hard at every aspect of his game. I wish him the best of success in Denver."