{"id":1312664,"date":"2019-07-21T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco\/"},"modified":"2019-07-21T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T04:04:00","slug":"broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos lack experience behind QB Joe Flacco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9138257575758\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-984531-647\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a\" red law permitting firearms be taken from people who pose danger during ceremony state capitol denver. republicans concerned about losing grip on political power in certain states have added new tool their playbook: the recall election. our constitutional right to says nancy a lakewood republican leading an effort against sen. pettersen. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"18\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a &#8220;red flag&#8221; law permitting firearms to be taken from people who pose a danger during a ceremony in the state Capitol in Denver. Republicans concerned about losing their grip on political power in certain states have added a new tool to their playbook: the recall election. \u201cIt\u2019s our constitutional right to recall,\u201d says Nancy Pallozzi, a Lakewood Republican leading an effort against Sen. Pettersen. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a \" red law permitting firearms be taken from people who pose danger during ceremony state capitol denver. republicans concerned about losing grip on political power in certain states have added new tool their playbook: the recall election. our constitutional right to says nancy a lakewood republican leading an effort against sen. pettersen.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a\" red law permitting firearms be taken from people who pose danger during ceremony state capitol denver. republicans concerned about losing grip on political power in certain states have added new tool their playbook: the recall election. our constitutional right to says nancy a lakewood republican leading an effort against sen. pettersen. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"18\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a &#8220;red flag&#8221; law permitting firearms to be taken from people who pose a danger during a ceremony in the state Capitol in Denver. Republicans concerned about losing their grip on political power in certain states have added a new tool to their playbook: the recall election. \u201cIt\u2019s our constitutional right to recall,\u201d says Nancy Pallozzi, a Lakewood Republican leading an effort against Sen. Pettersen. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, applauds after speaking at a bill signing that allowed Colorado to become the 15th state to adopt a \" red law permitting firearms be taken from people who pose danger during ceremony state capitol denver. republicans concerned about losing grip on political power in certain states have added new tool their playbook: the recall election. our constitutional right to says nancy a lakewood republican leading an effort against sen. pettersen.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Denver Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco takes part in drills during the opening day of the team's NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Denver Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco takes part in drills during the opening day of the team&#8217;s NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco takes part in drills during the opening day of the team's NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Denver Broncos quarterback Kevin Hogan looks to pass the ball during drills at the team's NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Denver Broncos quarterback Kevin Hogan looks to pass the ball during drills at the team&#8217;s NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Broncos quarterback Kevin Hogan looks to pass the ball during drills at the team's NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock takes part in drills during the opening day of the team's NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock takes part in drills during the opening day of the team&#8217;s NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock takes part in drills during the opening day of the team's NFL football training camp Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Denver Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien looks to pass the ball during drills at the team's NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Denver Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien looks to pass the ball during drills at the team&#8217;s NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/Recall_Elections_GOP_Weapon_93488-876d1-5.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien looks to pass the ball during drills at the team's NFL football training camp Friday, July 19, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2014 If Joe Flacco stays healthy, it won\u2019t matter that rookie quarterbacks Drew Lock and Brett Rypien are greenhorns and incumbent backup Kevin Hogan has gotten off to a rocky start in Denver this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hogan, who has started just one game in the NFL, back in 2017 for the Cleveland Browns, threaded an 11-yard TD pass to Noah Fant past two defenders Sunday that was easily his best throw of training camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Before that, the fourth-year pro had been misfiring with no pressure, repeatedly overshooting open receivers with either a clean pocket or in 7-on-7 periods where there was no pass rush at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That was an alarming development for a team that lacks experience behind Flacco, the 34-year-old QB the Broncos acquired from Baltimore in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI saw some good throws out there today\u201d from Hogan, coach Vic Fangio said. \u201cI\u2019ll see more when I go in and watch the tape. But I think Kevin has made a lot of improvements, and I\u2019m talking from the spring to now \u2026 and hopefully he\u2019ll keep doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Competing with Hogan for the No. 2 job is Lock, a second-round draft pick who\u2019s taking a crash course in the pro passing game after lining up under center at Missouri only a handful of times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Rypien, who went undrafted after winning 37 games at Boise State, is hoping to stick around either as the third quarterback or on the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI like Brett,\u201d Fangio said. \u201cBrett, I think, maybe has got a future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Lock might very well be the future in Denver, but he\u2019s got a long way to go. He relied on his athleticism in college and was known for side-arming the ball, something Fangio only wants to see when his quarterback has a defender in his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s good that he can do that, but he needs to use it when he needs to, not when he doesn\u2019t need to,\u201d Fangio said. \u201cHis college offense really had no carry-over to pro offenses and he was under duress a lot of times at his college, so a lot of his plays he was running around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Therefore, Fangio said, \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s far along being a ready NFL quarterback as he could have been. \u2026 He\u2019s not a quarterback yet. He\u2019s a hard-throwing pitcher that doesn\u2019t know how to pitch yet, so the faster he gets that, the better off he\u2019ll be \u2014 and we\u2019ll be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Fangio is hoping Lock proves a quick study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEvery player is different, especially at that position,\u201d Fangio said. \u201cIt could happen fast, like we\u2019ve seen some rookies do. It could be a process to where it could be a couple of years. So, fast or a couple of years, somewhere in between. We\u2019ll see. I tell him that is on him. He\u2019s got to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For now, the Broncos are counting on Flacco, who\u2019s hoping to follow in Peyton Manning\u2019s footsteps and have a solid second chapter in Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">General manager John Elway said he finally feels good about his QB room after trading a fourth-round pick to the Ravens for Flacco and selecting Lock in the second round of the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe just felt that with Joe coming in, getting him in a trade, and where he is in his career, we feel like he\u2019s in his prime. At least we hope he is,\u201d Elway said. \u201cTo have a young guy like Drew learn under him and be able to kind of solidify that position for a while, obviously we\u2019ve been looking for one since Peyton retired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Elway cycled through Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch, Brock Osweiler and Case Keenum following Manning\u2019s retirement in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat\u2019s always a difficult position to fill,\u201d Elway said. \u201cBut we finally feel pretty good about that position and where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Notes: TE Jack Butt took a scheduled day off, TE Troy Fumagalli is day-to-day with a sore hip and rookie LB Justin Hollins sat out Sunday with a sore hamstring. \u2026 The Broncos hosted Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness D ay on Sunday, two months after team owner Pat Bowlen died at 75 following a long battle with the disease. Daughter Anabelle noted the sea of purple in the crowd replacing the usual orange. \u201cThis day is hard,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we are showing that we are strong and this is a way to raise money so things like this won\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/arniestapleton\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/arniestapleton<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">More AP NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/tag\/NFL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/tag\/NFL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP%E2%80%94NFL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\u2014NFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/broncos-lack-experience-behind-qb-joe-flacco\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &#8211; In this April 12, 2019, file photo, Colorado State Sen. 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