With a fairly serious injury to Drew Lock, the Denver Broncos are now in a sticky situation at quarterback. It sure looks like Lock is headed to the Injured Reserve list for several weeks and the Broncos still don’t have a clear cut back up QB. It’s not a horrible situation yet because Lock was not expected to play this year but, deciding which QB’s to keep and how many has just become much more messy for us.
Brett Rypien looked like a boss in College and some people were high on him to be drafted. The Broncos paid him the most ever in team history for an undrafted rookie so it looks like they may try to hide him on the practice squad if he clears waivers. Is that even gonna be possible now with all the playing time he figures to get in the next two games?
Coach Vic Fangio already said the starter Joe Flacco will not play at all tonight so 100% of the snaps will be taken by current backup Kevin Hogan and longshot Brett Rypien.
If Rypien shows out over the next two games, he’ll make it a lot harder for the Broncos coaching staff to hide him on the practice squad. Of course, if he falls on his face while Hogan looks like a pumpkin, Elway may be forced to pick through the waiver wire with a fine toothed comb.
