It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it.

Totaling 71,940 passing yards, 539 passing touchdowns, 56 game-winning drives, and two Super Bowl rings, Peyton Manning has left current Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian with some rather large shoes to fill.

Oh, yeah, and did I mention that he also won five MVP awards and is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead two different teams to multiple Super Bowls?

Manning is arguably the G.O.A.T.

It might be tougher for Siemian to follow in the footsteps of Manning than it was for David Niven to take over the role of the fictional Secret Service agent James Bond from the elegant, yet edgy, Sean Connery.

Just like Niven, Siemian will only command the lead role for a short period of time. With the Broncos taking Paxton Lynch with the 26th overall pick of the 2016 NFL draft, Siemian will likely only be keeping the seat warm for Lynch until the quarterback out of Memphis is polished enough to take the reins.

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If Siemian’s name doesn’t sound very familiar, that’s because it isn’t.

The Broncos were only one of six teams to show up at Siemian’s pro day before seeing enough to spend a seventh-round draft pick on the quarterback out of Northwestern last year. It wasn’t necessarily his talent that lead to a lack of interest, but a nasty ACL tear just months prior that kept him from competing in not only his senior showcase games, but also the NFL combine. At times he had questioned whether he was ever going to play football again.

While at Northwestern, Siemian only started 14 games, but played in 44 games total splitting much of his playing time with Denver native Kain Colter. He completed nearly 60 percent of his passes for 5,931 yards, 27 touchdowns, and 24 interceptions. His best season was arguably his junior year in which he lead the Wildcats with 2,149 yards passing and threw 11 touchdowns to only nine picks.

Even though many projected him as going undrafted, the Broncos saw enough to take him with the 250th pick in the 2015 NFL draft.

“There was just something about the way he played, his footwork, his release, I liked the way he went about things,” coach Gary Kubiak told ESPN after the NFL draft.

Siemian has a lot of characteristics that make him an enticing quarterback. Not only is he clearly incredibly smart—he was accepted to Harvard out of high school—but he also has an athletic build that seems to be the standard mold for a John Elway draft pick. Standing 6-3 and weighing in at 220 pounds, he is nearly a mirror image of Elway himself.

With his large frame and build, he is also surprisingly mobile. He may not be considered a Bugatti Veyron, but he certainly could be compared to a family sedan with minimal sport features like a Toyota Camry. Unlike Manning who runs like he is in knee-high water, Siemian is quick enough to escape the pocket if need be. This was showcased in the Broncos’ second preseason game against the 49ers when he escaped pressure during a play-action pass to find tight end Virgil Green for a 17-yard gain.

A former standout baseball player in the Orlando area, Siemian has shown clips of his former self at times with his tremendous zip and noteworthy accuracy. He does, however, seem to lack a threatening deep ball. At Northwestern, he under-threw receivers often. We also saw this displayed during the Broncos’ preseason schedule when Siemian severely under-threw wideout Cody Latimer that resulted in an interception by Rams’ cornerback Cody Davis.

With a draft that consisted of standout quarterbacks like Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota and Brett Hundley, Siemian’s name might not be familiar to many outside the Denver area. He certainly didn’t have jaw-dropping statistics at Northwestern, but he definitely wasn’t entirely under the radar.

Want a sleeper? Northwestern QB Trevor Siemian, who tore his ACL in Nov and missed all-star games & the Combine. Visiting #Broncos Thursday. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 31, 2015

Siemian finished the NFL preseason by completing 63 percent of his passes for 285 yards and a touchdown. He also threw two interceptions. It was by no means an outstanding preseason performance, but he showed that he is willing to step into this role with confidence and competence.

He has had an entire year to sit behind The Sheriff and learn how he practices and prepares. He knows the Kubiak offense well and arguably gives the Broncos the best chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

With only one NFL snap under his belt, there are going to be some growing pains this season—Broncos fans must be patient.

He will get his first (second technically) taste of NFL regular season action this Thursday when the Broncos host the Panthers in a Super Bowl 50 rematch.

Let the shoe filling begin.