Kubiak still hasn’t decided on a No. 2 quarterback for Saturday

AP

In two days, the Broncos will host the Rams in the all-important third preseason game. Coach Gary Kubiak still hasn’t made a fairly important personnel decision regarding the game.

Trevor Siemian will start at quarterback. The next guy in at the position still isn’t known.

“I know who’s going first,” Kubiak told reporters on Thursday. “I haven’t made a decision [on who’s going second]. I’m telling the truth.”

The hard truth for veteran Mark Sanchez could be that he may have fallen to No. 3, behind Sieman and Paxton Lynch. Two guys who have never thrown a regular-season NFL pass. If so, there’s a good chance Sanchez will fall off the roster entirely.

Making matters worse for Sanchez is the praise that Kubiak has heaped on Lynch, the team’s first-round pick in 2016.

“I’m very excited about the progress he’s made,” Kubiak said of Lynch. “We knew we had ground to make up and we knew he had a ton of talent, but he’s really adapted to playing under center. He’s making the calls. What he had to do this week, run the Rams’ offense and then get in there and run ours, that’s hard to do. He really had a good week of practice. I think he’s very confident in what he’s doing and I think he has confidence in us to do what he does best. I think he’s made a lot of progress. He’s going to be a fine young player.”

The immediate question is whether he’ll be playing after Sieman on Saturday. The bigger question is when Lynch will be playing before him. There’s still a chance that, two weeks from tonight, Lynch’s career debut will come for the defending Super Bowl champions in a game against the team they beat for the 50th Lombardi Trophy.