Broncos have zero eligible QBs

[Neil039]

All Broncos QBs unavailable Sunday vs. Saints

Broncos QBs Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were each deemed to be high-risk COVID-19 close contacts and none of the three can be in uniform for Sunday's game, the team announced on Saturday night.

www.espn.com

All of the quarterbacks on the Denver Broncos' roster are ineligible to play Sunday against the New Orleans Saints after being deemed high-risk, close contacts in COVID-19 tracing, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Saturday.

Drew Lock and Brett Rypien, the two quarterbacks on the active roster, and practice squad quarterback Blake Bortles were deemed to be high risk because they were not wearing their masks, a source told Schefter.

The Broncos will not be forfeiting, a source told Schefter.

Broncos reopen facility, set to practice Saturday
The concerns have arisen since the Broncos moved quarterback Jeff Driskel to the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday morning after a positive test result.

Lock, Rypien and Bortles, who were on the field during an open viewing period at the start of Saturday's practice, were pulled from the workout before it was finished, sources told ESPN. All three have taken additional POC tests since Thursday and all three have come back negative so far.

On Saturday, Fangio said the quarterbacks are more than six feet apart from each other during meetings and that "all our meetings are set up to where everybody's spread out."

 

[kurtfaulk]

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the ravens have been playing without a qb for 3 years.

just let gordon or lindsay throw passes. can't be any worse.

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[CGI_Ram]

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the ravens have been playing without a qb for 3 years.

just let gordon or lindsay throw passes. can't be any worse.

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Does that what this means? They will start “someone” at QB?

 

[kurtfaulk]

Does that what this means? They will start “someone” at QB?

the wildcat is back baby.

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[kurtfaulk]

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btw, wasn't it funny when the dolphins started running the wildcat against the cheats and the defenders had no idea what to do. cracked up. kind of like when martz started making up plays on the sideline in the last qtr of the superbowl and the cheats defenders suddenly couldn't stop shit.

stupid cheats.

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[CGI_Ram]

I guess, deep on our depth chart we’d have Hekker and Akers as plan D, E...?

 

[DVontel]

Broncos been playing without a QB for the past 4 years. They should be used to it.

 

[ScotsRam]

Royce Freeman will start apparently

 

[ScotsRam]

Wish I had heard this news half an hour ago, i would have loaded up on betting on the saints. All the UK bookies have taken the game offline now.

 

[RamsFanCK]

Good lord that’s crazy! Saints gonna hold on to that one seed for at least another week

 

[dieterbrock]

So what determines a team getting a game postponed vs playing woefully shorthanded?

 

[Corbin]

Wish I had heard this news half an hour ago, i would have loaded up on betting on the saints. All the UK bookies have taken the game offline now.

I just looked at mine and I’m 55 minutes late after your post DAMNIT!

 

[LA_vision]

Broncos should just forfeit. Why risk injury on a guaranteed ass whippin?

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Would be cool if they let Cam Akers throw a TD pass tomorrow.

 

[Dirigo]

Elway is going to have come out of retirement and suit up.

 

[OldSchool]

From what I'm reading this is all on the Bronco's players and coaches even up to the front office. They knew players weren't masking up like is mandatory in meetings so when 1 tested positive because of no masks they were deemed high risk and get put in the protocol so they can't play. Only can hope our coaches and players see what is going on around the league and are being smart. The Ravens might not even have enough of an active roster for their game this week.

 

[Corbin]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJzJOkATbf/?igshid=1p6vk1gfobjwz

 

[Ram Ts]

So why have other games (like Baltimore’s issue) pushed back or rescheduled but not this one? There doesn’t seem to be consistency if you ask me.

 

[Giles]

So why have other games (like Baltimore’s issue) pushed back or rescheduled but not this one? There doesn’t seem to be consistency if you ask me.

I wonder the same thing. If mahomes got covid you know they would push that game back. Where is the consistency?

 

[Mackeyser]

Yeah, the Denver players are REALLY unhappy about the lack of accommodation compared to the Pats and Ravens.