Team news: Denver Broncos

The #Panthers are trading QB Teddy Bridgewater to the #Broncos for a sixth-round draft pick, per source.

The Broncos have been in the QB mix most of this offseason and it looks like they'll have veteran Teddy Bridgewater in town in 2021. Drew Lock hasn't been too impressive through 18 games, and the former Panther will inherit some solid talent in Denver with Courtland Sutton Jerry Jeudy and Noah Fant.

Broncos have reached agreement with former Viking RB Mike Boone, per source.

Mike Boone spent three seasons with Denver's GM George Paton in Minnesota. He'll provide insurance behind Melvin Gordon if Philip Lindsay signs elsewhere, and even if Lindsay stays, Boone could be worth a late-round stab in some fantasy formats.

Broncos WR K.J. Hamler will not play Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, according to Broncos head coach Vic Fangio.

Tough end to Hamler's rookie season, but the rookie showed promising flashes despite injuries and inconsistent QB play.

Vic Fangio said that Jerry Jeudy has “proven he has good hands” over the course of the season and that Sunday’s game can spur him to do more on the mental side to avoid dropping passes in the future.

“Yes, I do think he’s got the right make-up,” Fangio said, via Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post. “When I [said] it’s a ‘defining moment,’ sometimes a guy drops a pass here and there, but he had a few of them and I think he’ll learn a lot from that and that the focus needs to be on catching the ball before anything else happens, regardless of whether you’re in traffic or not. I think he’ll come out a better receiver for this.”

Jeudy called his five drops in Sunday’s loss to the Chargers “unacceptable” and Fangio said that the game “could be a defining moment” in the first-round pick’s career. But as you can see above, he altered his comments a bit and he and the team still stands behind him. As the story added, with only one game left this season, it likely won't be enough time to get a real feel for Jeudy going into next season.

Is it time to seriously consider Carolina should use its first pick to draft a franchise quarterback to develop behind Teddy Bridgewater?

Absolutely. And after the Panthers on Monday fired general manager Marty Hurney, it's even more likely that a new regime will want to start fresh.

The story said the Panthers currently hold the fourth selection of the 2021 draft at 4-10. If they lose their final two games against Washington and New Orleans -- as the oddsmakers likely will predict -- they’ll have their highest pick since 2011, when they drafted Cam Newton first overall, the story said. The story speculates the Panthers will have a shot at BYU’s Zach Wilson, North Dakota State’s Trey Lance or maybe Alabama’s Mac Jones to build the offense around, assuming Trevor Lawrence and Josh Fields go before they pick.