Denver Broncos: 5 reasons to believe in Paxton Lynch

4. Arm Strength

The biggest advantage Lynch has over Siemian is arm strength. Even on Siemian’s deepest touchdown pass, he under-threw Emmanuel Sanders and forced him to come back to catch the pass. Siemian does not have the strongest arm which caps his deep ball ability and when it comes to velocity, he does not have the strongest arm either.

Paxton Lynch led all quarterbacks at the combine in velocity. Siemian missed the combine due to injury, but it is a guarantee that he would not have beat Lynch, who had a higher velocity than Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, the top two quarterbacks in Siemen’s class.

This matters for two reasons. First, those quick decisions and being able to hit those first reads now gets easier. Trevor Siemian has seen his fair share of tipped passes and dropped interceptions in the first couple of weeks. Most of those potential interceptions came in situations created by a lack of velocity, situations where the pass would’ve been a completion if the ball had arrived just seconds earlier.

On the other hand, Lynch being able to throw the ball consistently down field opens up the offense in a big way. Lynch showed off his arm on a few occasions in Week 4 and connected with Demaryius Thomas on a 31-yard completion. Siemian has not tested his arm as much, and when he has, passes have typically come up short. Lynch will get more respect from defensive backs, and will be able to open up the entire offense with an element Siemian does not quite possess.