Broncos training camp rewind, Day 3: Vic Fangio says “no separation” in Drew Lock/Teddy Bridgwater competition

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Player attendance

Did not practice: Active/PUP — CB Duke Dawson (knee), CB Essang Bassey (knee), OLB Baron Browning (leg), OLB Von Miller (day off), S Kareem Jackson (day off) and WR Tim Patrick (leg).

Patrick was held retired by manager Vic Fangio.

“He conscionable felt a small soreness (Thursday) truthful I really made the determination that helium would beryllium disconnected (Friday), but he’s fine,” Fangio said. “He could person practiced. I trumped the aesculapian people. I get a joyousness retired of that sometimes.”

Browning watched signifier with a brace connected his near knee. OLB Bradley Chubb (ankle) continues to beryllium kept retired of squad work.

COVID-19 reserve list: S Jamar Johnson and CB Kary Vincent.

New injury: NT Mike Purcell (ankle) got tangled up during an 11-on-11 play and limped to the trainer’s room.

“The aboriginal prognosis is it’s a sprain, but we’ll see,” Fangio said.

Purcell missed the past 10 games of 2020 with a ft injury.

Top play

During 7-on-7, WR KJ Hamler made a diving drawback connected QB Drew Lock’s propulsion for a 50-yard touchdown. Hamler bushed CB Parnell Motley connected a heavy station route.

Top play (bonus)

A sleepy signifier was energized erstwhile C Lloyd Cushenberry enactment LB Alexander Johnson to the crushed portion blocking for RB Melvin Gordon connected a surface pass. “I deliberation (Johnson) was slowing up and got (hit),” said wrong linebacker Josey Jewell, who added with a laugh, “(Johnson) volition bash what helium needs to aboriginal on.”

Thumbs up

QB Drew Lock. He had dilatory starts to the archetypal 2 practices, but was crisp from beginning-to-end Friday, completing each but 1 of his 11 attempts successful 11-on-11 and each six successful 7-on-7.

WR Jerry Jeudy. Shut retired connected Thursday, helium had a combined 5 catches successful 11-on-11/7-on-7.

Kickoff instrumentality drill. It seemed similar anybody who wanted to drawback a kickoff via the Jugs instrumentality got to. The afloat database — WRs Diontae Spencer, De’Mornay Pierson-El, Trinity Benson, Kendall Hinton, Tyrie Cleveland and KJ Hamler and RBs Mike Boone, LeVante Bellamy, Javonte Williams and Damarea Crockett.

Thumbs down

Nose tackle depth. Mike Purcell’s ankle wounded whitethorn not beryllium serious, but if helium is sidelined, it volition amusement the Broncos person to reply immoderate questions astatine chemoreceptor tackle. Shamar Stephen? DeShawn Williams? McTelvin Agim?

CB Parnell Motley. It’s been pugnacious sledding for Motley, who gave up 2 much touchdowns Friday.

Odds and ends

*The Broncos ran 56 plays of 11-on-11 and 16 plays of 7-on-7.

*11-on-11 highlights: First play — QB Drew Lock’s archetypal walk was a dart to WR Jerry Jeudy connected a crossing route. … Second play — Jeudy ran astir the near borderline connected a flip from QB Teddy Bridgewater. … Third play (red zone) — Bridgewater’s archetypal walk deed the crossbar. The play wrapped up with a field-goal-unit-rushes-on-for-a-kick drill. K Brandon McManus was 2-of-3, his miss hitting the close upright. … Fourth play — The quarterbacks completed each 9 passes. Jeudy ran a large comeback way to summation the vantage against CB Bryce Callahan. WR Trinity Benson ran a country way to bushed CB Parnell Motley (pass thrown by QB Brett Rypien). Bridgewater and C Quinn Meinerz had a botched exchange, resulting successful an aborted play. … Fifth play — CB Ronald Darby had choky sum connected Jeudy downfield arsenic Bridgewater’s walk was somewhat overthrown.

*7-on-7 highlights: The quarterbacks combined to implicit their archetypal 13 passes, the streak breached by a WR Tyrie Cleveland’s drop. It was a large choky extremity play (six catches).

*Coach Vic Fangio’s instrumentality connected Quarterback Competition 2021? “They’ve been beauteous consistent, some of them,” helium said. “I spot nary separation if that’s what you’re asking.”

*Fangio said helium graded the quarterbacks’ archetypal 2 practices connected Thursday night. Does a large play number arsenic affirmative connected the ledger arsenic a atrocious play does negatively? “To me, they’re astir equal,” helium said. “I don’t cognize what the intelligent equation would be, but 1 (poor) play that could truly impact the crippled — however galore of the ‘wow’ plays bash you request to hitch that (bad play) disconnected the books? I don’t cognize the reply to that.”

*RT Bobby Massie took his archetypal crook with the first-team violative line.

*The NFL’s league-wide “Training Camp: Back Together Saturday,” lawsuit is Saturday and the Broncos volition signifier astatine 9:15 a.m. Parking tons unfastened astatine 7:30 a.m. and gates astatine 8:30 a.m. The database of events see extracurricular linebacker Von Miller addressing fans, a peculiar dedication to the Broncos’ 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers (10 idiosyncratic flags volition beryllium raised successful their grant 45 minutes earlier practice), designation to the Colorado precocious schoolhouse shot authorities champions and alumni alley (meet erstwhile players). The signifier is by invitation-only and each nationalist tickets person been claimed.

*The Broncos person added 5 unit members done their season-long diverseness coaching fellowship, the Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellowship and the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. Mateo Kambui (Broncos coaching fellow) and Chaz McKenzie and Ish Seisay (scouting fellows) volition beryllium with the squad each season. James Daniels IV and Marcus Lewis (Walsh fellows) volition beryllium with the squad during grooming camp.