Drew Lock after losing Broncos QB battle to Teddy Bridgewater: “I’m going to get better”

After Drew Lock mislaid the conflict for the Broncos’ starting backmost occupation to newcomer Teddy Bridgewater, the disappointed incumbent vowed to enactment acceptable for his infinitesimal should it travel successful 2021.

That accidental is likely, considering the Broncos person started much than 1 backmost successful 5 of the past six seasons.

“I’m assured that if my clip comes — and I ne'er privation thing antagonistic upon anybody, particularly astatine this presumption — but I’ll beryllium acceptable for it whenever,” Lock said. “There won’t beryllium immoderate deficiency of enactment (from me)… I’m going to beryllium capable to spell retired determination and support the play the aforesaid and if not, effort to marque it a small better.”

Lock, during an honorable and earthy eight-minute quality league pursuing Wednesday signifier astatine the UC Health Training Center, said his absorption going guardant arsenic the No. 2 backmost “is going to beryllium astir maine uncovering ways to inactive marque this squad great.”

“(I request to) look successful the reflector and spot what I request to get amended at, fig retired what it is to support progressing, support getting better, not taking immoderate steps back,” Lock said. “I conscionable support taking steps guardant without taking immoderate of the (first-team) reps.”

A Broncos second-round draught prime successful 2019 retired of Missouri, Lock went 4-1 arsenic a starter implicit the last 5 games of his rookie season. The occupation was his heading into past year, but Lock’s banal came plummeting down to Earth pursuing a 4-9 grounds arsenic a starter with 15 interceptions, which tied for the NFL high.

That led first-year wide manager George Paton to bring successful Bridgewater successful a commercialized this offseason, a determination that had Lock instantly competing for his occupation — and besides watching and learning during offseason activities and grooming camp.

“Right arsenic you bring successful a backmost and it becomes a backmost competition, it’s whose thorax is puffed retired bigger, who tin propulsion it better, who tin travel retired and signifier better,” Lock said. “But secretly, I was sitting backmost and learning everything I tin from Teddy. One of the peculiar things helium does that I’ve taken and americium going to proceed adding into my crippled is the mode helium communicates (in the huddle), the mode helium talks (to the wideouts).”

Lock said “the toughest part” of manager Vic Fangio’s determination to spell with Bridgewater arsenic QB1 was getting the quality conscionable up of Wednesday morning’s squad meeting. But helium vowed to proceed to beryllium his aforesaid optimistic aforesaid during practices and successful games going forward. Both quarterbacks are expected to play successful Saturday’s preseason finale against the Rams astatine Empower Field.

“I’m going to beryllium myself each time I’m retired here,” Lock said. “I’m going to get better, I’m going to person fun, I’m going to bring vigor to practices and this team.”

Meanwhile, Bridgewater vowed to proceed to support pushing Lock arsenic helium did passim their grooming campy battle.

“The happening I admired astir Drew done each of this is he’s a feline who’s anxious to larn and beryllium the champion subordinate helium tin be,” Bridgewater said. “You ticker him travel retired each day, he’s retired present early, he’s doing the tiny things. When the defence is going, he’s backmost with (quarterbacks) manager (Mike) Shula, getting immoderate other reps in. Those tiny things similar that, they marque a immense impact.”