Broncos FB Andy Janovich’s season-ending elbow injury opens up a window for rookie Andrew Beck (Kyle Newman, The Denver Post)
Andy Janovich's injury means Andrew Beck has a big opportunity.
How virtual reality training is helping Broncos rookie Drew Lock (Jeff Legwold, ESPN)
Lock is still on injured reserve. He's in the second week of a three-week window to practice with the Broncos, who must soon decide to either move him to the roster or keep him on injured reserve for the rest of the season. Fangio said Monday it was "unlikely" Lock would even be the backup for Sunday's game in Buffalo if they decided to activate him.
Lock will try to make his case in practice, and should he succeed he may have technology to thank -- a technology that wasn't available to Broncos quarterbacks before this past July.
Denver’s pass defense has been stout nearly all season. But something happened in Minnesota (Nicki Jhabvala, The Athletic)
Before he arrived in Minnesota last weekend, Chris Harris seemed to know exactly how the Vikings would go after the Broncos who, despite a patchwork group, owned the fourth-best pass defense (202.1 yards) and second-toughest red-zone defense (37.04 percent) at the time.
