AP

With the fourth preseason game four days away and the regular-season opener only 11 days into the future, the Denver Broncos have two big quarterback decisions to make.

No. 1: Who is the starter?

No. 2: If Mark Sanchez is No. 3 on the depth chart, should we cut him?

Coach Gary Kubiak addressed both topics after Saturday night’s game. And while he has provided no answers yet, answers necessarily are coming soon.

“We don’t have much practice left,” Kubiak told reporters regarding the timeline for making a decision as to a starting quarterback. “We have three days and then we play in Arizona. Obviously this is a tough turnaround week in the NFL, so I’ve got a lot invested and a lot of work that I can make some decisions off of now. I’ll do that. Does that mean I’m going to do that [Sunday] or Monday? I don’t know. I’ve got enough going on that I can make a decision.”

Kubiak also needs to figure out whether to keep three quarterbacks on the roster — which is another way of framing the keep-or-cut-Sanchez conundrum.

“I have to continue this evaluation process and decide what I think is best for the team,” Kubiak said. “You all asked me that question about experience [and] it’s really hard for me to answer. I have two of them that have no experience. That’s just the way it is. We have young guys at that position. They’ve been battling and I think they’re getting better. Like I said, I have to sit down and decide what I think is best for our group and we’ll go to work.”

If the Broncos cut Sanchez, they’ll avoid at least $3.5 million of his $4.5 million salary ($1 million of it is guaranteed.) They also won’t owe the Eagles a seventh-round pick in 2017.

And if they’re going to cut him, the question becomes whether to make the move before or after the final preseason game. If Sanchez plays on Thursday and gets injured, he’ll potentially get the full $4.5 million.