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If you’ve resorted to conspiracy theories to support your quarterback, he’s not a starting NFL quarterback.
But sure. Go on. Tell yourself Broncos manager Vic Fangio went implicit to Austin Scholttmann astatine halftime and secretly ordered him to measurement connected Drew Lock’s foot.
Just similar helium directed Damarea Crockett, Lock’s assemblage teammate astatine Missouri, to muff the speech connected 3rd-and-2 astatine the Seattle 6.
Just similar helium made Pat Shurmur shelve the sexy play-action worldly whenever Lock went into the crippled precocious Saturday night.
Honestly, people. Has it travel to this?
Are we truthful joined to Team Drew oregon Team Teddy, aft 2 preseason routs, that we’re putting connected tinfoil hats and pointing fingers?
Hey, Lock made immoderate good throws successful alleviation of Teddy Bridgewater. That flip to Seth Williams astatine midfield — escaping the unreserved to the near portion pitching with your close manus — was a happening of improvisational beauty.
Dude besides fumbled twice. He was iffy successful the reddish zone. Again.
Lock’s numbers with backups against the Seahawks: 9-for-14 passing, 80 yards, nary touchdowns, nary picks. Five drives, 9 points, 1.8 points per drive.
Bridgewater, with backups against the Vikings the play prior: 7-for-8 passing, 74 yards, 1 touchdown pass, nary picks. Two drives, 10 points, 5.0 points per drive.
Or is mathematics a conspiracy, too?
Look, I got nary canine successful this fight. When it comes to the humor feud betwixt Team Drew and Team Teddy, I’m connected Team Rodgers.
If the Broncos’ extremity crippled is winning a Super Bowl, past the backmost who’ll pb them determination isn’t connected this roster yet.
But erstwhile it comes to the present? To reality? Heck, yeah, Lock has “more upside,” immoderate that means. Fangio doesn’t attraction astir upside. He cares astir keeping his gig. Or helium should, astatine immoderate rate.
We’ve seen Lock and that upside effort to support up with the Chiefs. He’s 0-3. In those 3 contests, he’s been picked disconnected 5 times portion the Broncos got their corporate doors blown off.
Von Miler’s successful a declaration year. So is Courtland Sutton. And Melvin Gordon. And Tim Patrick. And Kyle Fuller. And Bryce Callahan. And Kareem Jackson.
You’re going for it. Or arsenic overmuch “it” arsenic you tin beverage retired of this roster.
In 2 preseason games, the Denver defence has fixed up zero touchdowns, 9 full points (4.5 per game), an mean of 242.5 hostile yards per contest, forced 4 takeaways and racked up a pick-6. And The Vonster hasn’t played a drawback yet.
The Broncos cognize what they are. Killer D. Run the ball. Cash successful connected the large plays erstwhile they popular up. Punt to win. And don’t enactment that slayer D successful unspeakable spots by turning implicit the rock.
Bridgewater was 3-for-3 connected 4th downs successful Seattle. Was it perfect to beryllium there? No, though 2 of those scenarios were from a gait retired oregon less. And 1 ne'er should’ve travel to that, arsenic rookie Javonte Williams dropped a wide-open flip successful the close level connected 3rd and short.
Yet aft the Broncos marched to a 14-0 lead, Team Drew looked astatine the scoreboard and fumed. Why does helium request 4 downs? Why doesn’t Lock get the aforesaid opportunities? This happening is fixed!
Fangio aft the crippled compared Bridgewater’s pocket awareness to that of Tom Brady. While the haters snickered and the Twitter mob groaned, the eyes don’t lie.
When unit came connected Saturday nighttime — and, yeah, Seattle, similar Minnesota, sat a batch of stars — Bridgewater sensed it. He stepped up and slid into a amended throwing lane. Little stuff, granted. But worldly we don’t ever spot from No. 3 erstwhile the pouch goes to heck successful a handbasket.
If a play breaks down, the younger, faster Lock is much apt to marque thing retired of nothing. He’s besides much apt to conjecture wrong. To gamble.
We emotion gamblers. Lifetime antiaircraft coordinators who are coaching for their jobs bash not.
If my prime is the lesser of 2 evils, fine. Give maine the lesser. Give maine idiosyncratic I tin spot connected 4th-and-5 astatine midfield. Is that capable to triumph the AFC West? Patrick Mahomes’ AFC West? Probably not.
But if I’m Fangio, it could beryllium capable to spell 10-7. Which conscionable mightiness beryllium capable to prevention my bacon.
Is that a debased bar? You betcha. Teddy tin wide debased bars with the champion of ‘em.
And we get it. You privation more. Heck, truthful bash they. But if you don’t halt comparing Lock to Josh Allen, you’re conscionable going to extremity up hurting yourself. Or the nearest portion of furniture.
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