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Brock Osweiler will skip Broncos’ Super Bowl ring ceremony

By John Buhler

Jan 24, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler (17) before the AFC Championship football game against the New England Patriots at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 24, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler (17) before the AFC Championship football game against the New England Patriots at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports /
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Houston Texans starting quarterback Brock Osweiler will not be in attendance for his former team, the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl ring ceremony on Thursday.

According to the Denver Post’s Cameron Wolfe, former Denver Broncos backup quarterback and current starting quarterback of the Houston Texans Brock Osweiler will not attend Thursday’s Super Bowl celebration ceremony at Sports Authority Field to receive his Super Bowl 50 ring.

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This comes as no surprise as Osweiler did not travel with his former teammates to The White House to visit with President Barack Obama, citing the importance of organized team activities (OTA’s) with his new team in Houston.

Now that all 32 NFL teams have completed their 2016 OTA’s in the weeks before 2016 NFL training camp, Osweiler would technically have the time to make the trip from Houston to Denver to be a part of this ceremony on Thursday at Sports Authority Field.

However, Osweiler clearly harbors ill-will towards his former team, as he was benched by head coach Gary Kubiak in favor of a rapidly decaying Peyton Manning at quarterback during the latter weeks of the 2015 Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 run.

Osweiler doesn’t have the gravitas of an all-timer like Manning and felt betrayed when Kubiak benched him for a quarterback that he clearly played better than in 2015. This animosity crept over onto the negotiating table, as Osweiler couldn’t command the money he felt he deserved from team president John Elway after Manning retired in February.

Osweiler’s decision to spurn the Broncos once again is fantastic news for the Texans, as it will be up to him in 2016 to lead Houston to back-to-back AFC South Division Championships. Should Osweiler quarterback well enough behind what should very well be another great Texans defense, he could conceivably find himself winning Super Bowl LI at home in NRG Stadium in February.

Houston will likely be a playoff caliber team again in 2016 and the Gulf Coast metropolis will host Super Bowl LI at the end of the 2016 NFL season.

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