Brock alan osweiler (born ) is an american former professional football quarterback who played in the national football league (nfl) for seven seasons. · quarterback brock osweiler , who helped the broncos to a super bowl 50 title, is retiring from the nfl after seven years in the league, according to mike klis of 9news. · though he did help the texans reach the playoffs the following season, despite throwing more interceptions (16) than touchdowns (15) while compiling an 8-6 record as a starter, osweiler never came close to living up to his contract and was traded to cleveland during the offseason. · osweiler signed a four-year, $72 million contract with the texans and was so bad they traded him and a second-round pick to the cleveland browns to get out of the contract. He only played seven seasons in the league, but he was able to make a name for himself — mostly as a finesse king. · after signing a massive contract with the houston texans this offseason, brock osweiler faced his former team, the denver broncos, for the first time on monday night football. · brock osweiler , just 28, announced his retirement from the nfl on wednesday. · osweiler was outplayed by his replacement , trevor siemian. Thats great news for the broncos, because through six games this year, siemian has made $216,176.