The Broncos wanted Sam Ehlinger back. The feeling was mutual.

A day after Ehlinger was the last release within Denver’s 53-man roster plans, the quarterback was signed to the Broncos practice squad. It gives the Broncos their QB3 for 2025, as head coach Sean Payton made the point Tuesday that every NFL team will carry three quarterbacks, in one form or another.

“The question’s simply, ‘What’s the third in the building?’ ” Payton said Tuesday. “Is he active, or practice squad?”

Ehlinger is on the practice squad, which is notable since a source told The Post that he had multiple offers to sign elsewhere to a team’s active roster. He’ll be eligible to be elevated to the active roster three times throughout the season, a selling point Payton recounted using to convince backup quarterback Ch

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