BOULDER — Deion Sanders is looking for two things from his quarterbacks.

“Leadership and consistency,” he said Tuesday.

The third-year Colorado coach has a plan for the quarterback situation for Saturday’s game against Wyoming at Folsom Field. As usual, he won’t reveal it.

“Yeah, most definitely I have,” Coach Prime said when asked at his weekly press conference if he had made his decision on who will start at quarterback for the Buffaloes.

After veteran Liberty transfer Kaidon Salter started the first two games of the season, CU turned to redshirt sophomore Ryan Staub on Friday in the Big 12 opener at Houston. The guy who began the season as the third-string quarterback struggled in his second career start, completing under 55% of his passes for 204 yards and a touchdown with a pair of interceptions while Salter — and five-star freshman Julian “JuJu” Lewis — watched from the sidelines.

“Staub didn’t play well; I saw what you saw,” Sanders said afterward. “That wasn’t his best, to say the least.”

With the Buffs sitting at 1-2 and in desperate need of a “get right” performance in the final nonconference game before Big 12 play continues next week, could the quarterback carousel in Boulder shift back to Salter?

It’s possible.

It appears the CU coaching staff is not comfortable putting Lewis in the game as the only two series of his college career to this point resulted in punts.

On the flip side, the Buffs have about a game and a half each to evaluate Staub and Salter. They’ve each attempted nearly the exact same amount of passes (45 for Staub, 44 for Salter) and have had moments of leading the offense down the field for scoring drives.

Staub leads the team with 362 passing yards and three passing touchdowns, although nearly 20% of his passing yards came on one touchdown pass to Sincere Brown against Delaware. Salter has completed over 10% more of his passes and has also flashed his ability to be a weapon in the running game with 67 yards and a team-leading two touchdowns on the ground.

The production just hasn’t nearly been consistent enough for both, and maybe that’s because neither has had more than one full game to settle in as the leader of the offense.

When looking at what the Cowboys will bring to Folsom Field, Salter could wind up as the best option. While the Wyoming defense has been stout, allowing the fewest points per game in the Mountain West through the first quarter of the season, that unit has also had its struggles against tougher competition, namely last week against Utah.

The Utes managed over 300 rushing yards and nearly 7 yards per attempt in the win over the Cowboys in Laramie and that came with dual-threat quarterback Devon Dampier leading the way.

Sanders has said he believes a quarterback must make at least three game-changing plays in a given game for the team to win.

This week, especially against a Wyoming team that Coach Prime respects, maybe that’s Salter.

“They’re coached well. I know that’s a cliche, but they really are coached well. They’re not gonna make a lot of mistakes,” Sanders said. “I don’t think they’re gonna beat themselves; you’re gonna have to beat ‘em. These guys wanna win. You gotta understand, when you’re playing against us — not that we’re all that — it’s a chip (on your shoulder). You know you’re gonna be on television, you know you’re gonna get a chance to shine in front of a national audience and you want to dominate us.”

The Buffs want to get back to dominating, too. That must start with improved quarterback play. There are two things to watch for.

Leadership and consistency.

“That ain’t much to ask for, is it?” Sanders said.