Teddy Bridgewater will start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos this season, the team confirmed on Wednesday.

Bridgewater joined the Broncos this offseason in a trade from the Carolina Panthers, who moved for Sam Darnold.

The new Denver signing has been battling with Drew Lock in preseason but has won the starting job and will now hope to give the team some stability at the position.

The Broncos have had nine different starting QBs since the start of the 2016 season after Peyton Manning retired.

Manning left the team a champion after their Super Bowl 50 success, but they have not been back to the playoffs since and have only recorded one winning season. They have a 32-48 record in this time.

Although Case Keenum started every game in the 2018 season, the Broncos have not otherwise had a QB start more than 11 games in succession post-Manning.

Lock has largely held down the role since midway through his rookie 2019 campaign, yet a return of 3,953 yards, with a 59.1 completion percentage, 23 touchdowns and 18 interceptions from 18 games encouraged Denver to give Bridgewater an opportunity.

At Carolina last year, Bridgewater threw for 15 TDs and 11 picks but completed a more impressive 69.1 per cent of his passes.