In the end, Denver Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway believes the team's pending decision on a starting quarterback is a win-win situation.

And he offered after the Broncos' joint practice Thursday with the San Francisco 49ers that Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch have each consistently re-affirmed his belief in them. John Elway JerseysElway has said -- over and over in the offseason -- he is happy with the Broncos' top two quarterbacks.He held that line throughout the rumored and largely overstated interest in Tony Romo early in the offseason, Emmanuel Sanders Jerseysthrough the scouting combine, the league meetings the draft and as recently as last week when he quashed a report the Broncos were considering a trade for Cincinnati Bengals backup A.J. McCarron.

After the second of two days' worth of joint practices with the 49ers, Elway went to bat again for his young quarterbacks.

"I've got confidence in the fact they're both young and with practice they're going to continue to get better," Elway said. DeMarcus Ware Jerseys"That's why I have confidence in them."

Elway drafted both quarterbacks -- Siemian in the seventh round in 2015, Von Miller JerseysLynch in the first round last year after moving up to select him -- so he naturally has an affinity for each of them. He has said while he would offer his input that coach Vance Joseph "will make the call" about a starter this time around.

But Thursday, Elway expanded on why he has remained confident in what either Siemian or Lynch can do in the offense.

"They don't grow on trees, there are not quarterbacks growing on trees out there," Elway said. "So there wasn't another answer. But with that being said, I like the guys that we have because I know talent-wise they can do it. Peyton Manning JerseysIt's just they need the time and experience to continue to get better. ... Whoever becomes the starter during this year, there's going to be growing pains because they're both so young."