ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- When Jon Gruden looks at the Denver Broncos' quarterbacks, he sees the proverbial glass as potentially full twice over.

As in ESPN's Monday Night Football analyst believes Paxton Lynch is still a quality prospect despite not winning the Broncos' quarterback job. And Gruden believes there is a reason, several actually, that Trevor Siemian did win his second consecutive training camp competition and will be behind center for the Broncos.

"And man, am I impressed with [Siemian], what he did his first year as a starter," Gruden said. "Taking over from Peyton Manning, there's a lot to like in Siemian. He's a steady, no-nonsense guy that has a good feel for the pocket, he knows how to get the ball to these marquee receivers."

Jon Gruden believes Paxton Lynch and Trevor Siemian will develop into quality NFL starters. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Gruden is a longtime quarterback coach who was an NFL head coach for 11 seasons combined with the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His teams were 100-85, won five division titles combined and the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII in his tenure.

He made his comments Wednesday afternoon as part of a media conference call to preview the start of the NFL's regular season, including a Monday Night Football doubleheader featuring Denver. Gruden and Sean McDonough will be at the New Orleans Saints-Minnesota Vikings game while Beth Mowins and Rex Ryan will be in Denver for the Broncos-Los Angeles Chargers game.

Gruden, who also had extended conversations with Lynch in the weeks before the 2016 draft as part of his "Gruden's QB Camp" with the top quarterbacks in each draft, believes Lynch can still make progress toward being a starter. He added the Broncos' depth chart at the position is somewhat unique given the two quarterbacks are so close in age and experience level as Siemian is in his third season and Lynch is in his second.

"They're in an interesting situation because they're trying to split the reps between two young quarterbacks that need all they can get," Gruden said. "I don't think it's over, I think Lynch will stay on the gas pedal and still be a player in this league, whether it's in Denver or someplace else."

From a coaching perspective, Gruden said both former coach Gary Kubiak's staff last summer and Vance Joseph's staff this summer had a difficult challenge in making sure each quarterback had the opportunity to get the same work as the other in practice and in the first two preseason games.

"I think it's really hard, it was hard on Kubiak, I'm sure it's hard on the current staff in Denver as well to make it fair," Gruden said. "To not only make it fair, but to do what each quarterback does best ... I think they probably made it as fair as they could."