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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Its not a mandate, and its not a decision for the regular season, but Mark Sanchez will start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos in the teams preseason opener Thursday night against the Chicago Bears.Immediately after Tuesdays practice, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak wouldnt say who would start at quarterback in the game, but the Broncos later announced it will be Sanchez. Sanchez and Trevor Siemian will each play a quarter against the Bears, with rookie Paxton Lynch set to play the second half of the game.One of them will go first, one of them will go second, Paxton will play the majority of the second half, Kubiak said. ... Mark and Trevor will play a quarter apiece, Paxton will play the second half. Thats the plan.In a training camp practice on Tuesday that was open to the public, it was Sanchez who took virtually all of the work with the starting offense.In the Broncos first depth chart of training camp, released Monday, Sanchez and Siemian were listed as co-No. 1s.The two quarterbacks have split virtually all of the plays with the starting offense in training camp, with Lynch getting a smattering of plays. But Tuesday, Sanchez clearly took more work with the starters in the team drills as the Broncos went through a variety of situations.Both Sanchez and Siemian were sharp in the workout and threw the ball well.Because the rest of the starting offense will be on a pitch count of sorts in terms of how many plays the group will stay in the game, at least one scenario that the quarterbacks could play out involves Sanchez starting and playing with the starters Thursday and then Siemian getting some time with the starting offense Aug. 20 against the San Francisco 49ers.One of them is going to play with those guys, and one of them is not, Kubiak said of the quarterbacks working with the starters. ...Theyve been practicing with all of them, so it really doesnt matter. The majority of this game will be about our 2s and 3s.Kubiak said people should not read into which quarterback starts against the Bears. What were going to try to do is put a number of reps and what we want to see from each one of them, he said.Sanchez, with 72 career regular-season starts, is the only one of the three quarterbacks who has thrown a pass in a regular-season game. As a rookie, Siemian played one play last season for the Broncos, and it was a kneel-down. Lynch was the Broncos first-round pick in this years draft.Asked Monday what he thought would matter in Kubiaks decision to name the starting quarterback, Sanchez said it would be everything he does in practice and in a game.Everything that you put on film is important, he said. Its not just one game, one series or one play. Its your entire body of work.Cheap Adidas Superstar Black . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. Adidas Superstar Black Wholesale . 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There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me.AKRON, Ohio -- Jordan Spieth has heard the whispers. He has also heard the considerably more voluble criticisms.He can easily recite them, too. Like ticking off boxes on a checklist.Hit the ball.Youre taking forever. Its too boring. These objections, whether they emanate from behind the gallery ropes at a tournament or through the anonymity of social media, havent fallen on deaf ears.Along with his swing instructor, Cameron McCormick, Spieth knew what people were saying about his pace of play.I noticed and Id get plenty of comments on it from other people, he said. But Cameron also mentioned, Hey, I think youre going to play better if you just step up and swing. So Im trying to do a bit of that.Spieth could be excused for failing to immediately rectify this during the course of competition, though -- especially when he doesnt have his best stuff and might find it hard to get into a rhythm.That has been the case this week -- from tee to green, at least -- as through two rounds of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational he has found just 12 of 28 fairways and hit only 15 of 36 greens in regulation, while posting scores of 68-71. That has him in a share of sixth place entering the weekend, just 3 strokes off the lead and much better than his stats would indicate.After the second round, Spieth didnt use playing quicker as an excuse. In fact, he credits the process for helping his game.The quicker part actually helps me, because then I just get up there and fire away, he explained Friday. The more I can do that, actually I think the better off [I am with a] kind of gun-slinging mentality, just to go up and hit the way I always have played.Playing quicker is just one piece of the puzzle that hes hoping to solve while trying to emerge from what he has described as a little lull. Following his win at last months Dean & DeLuca Invitational, he finished T-57 at the Memorial Tournament and T-37 at the U.S. Open, where he was the defending champion.Another key to that is maintaining a strong mental disposition during tournament rounds -- essentially, getting less frustrated with himsellf when things arent going well.ddddddddddddPrior to the opening round, he told caddie Michael Greller, Im going to [focus] the rest of this year [on being] a lot stronger mentally than I have been and just not dwell in conversation on each shot.That philosophy worked to the tune of four closing birdies on Thursday when he was clearly fighting his swing, and just 21 total putts -- the fewest in a single round of his young career.While he didnt quite carry that same momentum into Fridays round, Spieth played the first dozen holes bogey-free before posting two in his final six.It wasnt that long ago that such a finish wouldve left a more bitter taste in his mouth. Instead, he appeared content with his play and optimistic toward the weekend.I almost held a bogey-free round together today, which would have been really special, he said. So yeah, I mean, I played about the same as yesterday, just made that many more putts yesterday.Unlike injured golfers or those playing with nothing to lose, there might not be a specific adage about players in contention without playing their best game, but maybe there should be. The first page of the leaderboard at Firestone Country Club is tightly packed, with Jason Day leading the way and 12 others within 4 strokes of his pace.If youre seeking the guy who could make a run on Moving Day, consider a player who hasnt yet figured out his swing this week.That player might very well be Spieth, who is trying to emerge from that little lull.Of course, every day for him is now Moving Day, in a way.While he has heard those criticisms about his pace of play from galleries and through social media, he has yet to hear any complaints from fellow players.Well, not without some prodding.I mean, Ill joke with them about [my slow play] maybe, and theyll say, Yeah, you are, he acknowledged with a laugh. But thats fine.The happy byproduct for Spieth is that becoming quicker could help him -- he believes -- to play better, too. ' ' '