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The Denver Broncos Will Take The Field Tomorrow With Zero (0) Quarterbacks on their Active Roster

11/28/2020

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I've always been a wait until the last minute guy. To steal a line from the official t-shirt of 12 year old boys and facebook moms, I put the pro in procrastination.
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You never know what's going to happen next in life; that's why I always push it off. Why write a paper on night one when you have 13 more?

Imagine if on night eight you got hit by a car and died? How could you live with your dead self knowing you wasted your final days on this planet giving your 11th grade English teacher 500 words dissecting Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"?  I bet your dead ass would wish you took the sidewalk more traveled.

This is essentially why I always wait until Sunday morning to lock in the #TooManyLegs Teaser of the Week. With COVID this season and protocols that make as much sense as not taxing Amazon, I don't want to lock in a bet that ends up being severally impacted by COVID. There's been talks all season about what would happen if a team lost an entire positional group due to COVID and now it looks like we're going to get exactly that in the Mile High City.

All the QBs on the Broncos' roster are ineligible to play Sunday against the Saints after being deemed high-risk, close contacts, sources tell ESPN.

None were wearing masks at the time of exposure, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 28, 2020

Here's how Denver got wiped out at the QB position in a 72-hour span:

QB Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID on Thursday.

Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles did not wear masks, per a source, and were deemed high-risk close contacts today. They now are out Sunday.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 28, 2020

To sum up this Saturday:

Ravens' Reserve/COVID list grew to 18 players.

Lions did a housecleaning.

The 49ers have no place to play.

And the Broncos have no quarterbacks.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 28, 2020
That's right. The 4-6 Denver Broncos do not have a QB tomorrow and the game is still being played. I have not fucked with the Broncos for nearly my entire life (I tolerated them in 2010-11 because of someone we'll shortly get to) but even I have to admit this is wicked unfair to expect them to play an NFL game tomorrow with no QB. ​

I’m not one to complain, but @NFL y’all can’t possibly send us into a game without a QB. The most important position to a offense. We don’t even got a back up....

— Noah Fant (@nrfant) November 29, 2020
The precedent has already been set. Earlier this season the Patriots and Broncos​ Week 5 matchup was rescheduled twice and ultimately played Week 6 due to COVID. Just this week the Ravens/Steelers game that was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving night was rescheduled twice because of COVID. It's now our second Tuesday Night Football game of the year;  the Bills and Titans played on a Tuesday due to an outbreak in October. There is a contingency plan in place to expand the playoffs if games are cancelled.

Despite all that, the Broncos have less than a day's notice to prepare for the New Orleans Saints without a quarterback because Jeff Driskel tested positive and Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were caught with their masks down.

I don't want to get political, masks shouldn't be political.

Masks are not a political statement, but according to @Fanatics they miiight make you a cross dresser □ pic.twitter.com/Ya8BpzOCJe

— Doz #hiredozo (@DozonLife) November 28, 2020
But you knew the second news came out that the Broncos would be QB-less people would use this as the latest reason to bang the "why don't they just sign Kaepernick?" drum.

Broncos have no eligible QBs. None. All 'high-risk.' Too bad Colin Kaepernick is totally available. https://t.co/mNopDCtnI0 pic.twitter.com/TXVFAkntjf

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) November 29, 2020

Denver officially doesn't have a QB on the roster for their game against the Saints because of COVID, which means they should call Colin Kaepernick, but they will not. Because this has been a league-wide effort by NFL leadership and team owners to ban him from the beginning.

— Charlotte Clymer □️‍□ (@cmclymer) November 29, 2020

Who had on their their 2020 NFL bingo card that a team would have ZERO QBs eligible to play but still found a reason not to call Kap?

— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) November 29, 2020
I support Kap and believe he got blackballed, but we've seen that taking a knee is the quickest way to lose your job as an NFL QB.
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Of course, I'd love to see the Broncos sign Tim Tebow or Colin Kaepernick, but after about 32 seconds of research it's pretty clear they're not eligible to play NFL football with this short of notice. People just want their free retweets.

Starting Saturday, NFL free agents and players acquired from other teams will have the clock start on their six-day COVID-19 entry testing process the day they arrive, even if they’re not tested Day 1. Still long, but a little faster to backfill rosters now. From a memo today: pic.twitter.com/5R7xD20dco

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 16, 2020
So unfortunately for us, the Denver Broncos and mankind as whole, we will not be getting a Taysom Hill vs. Tim Tebow dream matchup tomorrow.

The world deserves Taysom Hill vs Tim Tebow. Make it happen @broncos @johnelway.

— Doz #hiredozo (@DozonLife) November 28, 2020
It appears the Broncos will go with WR Kendall Hinton at QB.

#Broncos WR Kendall Hinton will play plenty at QB tomorrow, source said. 2020! He did play QB for a few years at Wake Forest.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 28, 2020

If Kendall Hinton were to play QB for the Broncos, he's actually thrown a Pass TD more recently than Saints starting QB Taysom Hill.

Hinton's last Pass TD: Oct. 7, 2017 at Clemson when he was with Wake Forest

Hill's last Pass TD: Nov. 26, 2016 vs Utah State when he was with BYU pic.twitter.com/TqupY8p2Bc

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 29, 2020
But that doesn't mean there aren't other Broncos willing to moonlight at QB.

Guess ima have to get my Lamar Jackson on

— Jerry Jeudy⁴ (@jerryjeudy) November 28, 2020

Been waiting my whole life for this moment! “Von ELWAY”. Ima passing QB don’t need to run much! Ankle is good for QB pic.twitter.com/Kc3ww0fOkp

— Von Miller (@VonMiller) November 28, 2020
I LOVED teasing the Saints to -0.5 tomorrow too, but with the uncertainty going into the game, Saints @ Broncos has been pulled by many sportbooks.

As a result of the Broncos’ QB situation, Sunday’s game vs. the Saints is currently pulled from several betting books.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 28, 2020
Be sure to check DOL tomorrow morning to see the picks that will get the 4-6 #TooManyLegs Teaser back in the win column.


#HireDozo


UPDATE: The Broncos have chimed in.

Statement from the Broncos: pic.twitter.com/HDgIV3l1y8

— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) November 29, 2020
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