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Teddy Bridgewater, who suffered a concussion on his last pass attempt of the first half Sunday, is currently in the league's protocol and his availability for the Broncos' next game at Pittsburgh on Sunday, and possibly beyond, is in question.

Related players: Drew Lock

Vic Fangio said Monday "the medical people are in charge" of Bridgewater's progress through the concussion protocol and he must be clear five stages that range from "symptom-limited activity" all the way through "full football activity," the story went on to say. Lock will get the start if Bridgewater can't go.

Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater left Sunday’s game against the Ravens with a concussion.

Drew Lock has taken over at quarterback. Bridgewater finished 7/16 for 65 yards and a touchdown. We’ll keep an eye on his situation and how long he could miss. Denver visits Pittsburgh next week before a tough stretch against the Raiders and then the Browns on Thursday night in Week 7.

Myles Gaskin has improved into a trusted pass blocker, Brian Flores indicates. He also has a very professional approach. For fantasy, this tells me Gaskin still most likely to lead in snaps and touches.

Related players: Malcolm Brown, Salvon Ahmed

When the Dolphins didn't do much to improve their RB room in the NFL Draft, attention immediately turned back to Gaskin. But throughout camp the Dolphins have indicated this was going to be a committee situation, and there was a lot of buzz when Brown started a preseason game and outsnapped Gaskin. But this is at least encouraging news to see Gaskin has improved in the pass blocking area and it could mean he stays on the field more in those situations.

The Denver Broncos have named Teddy Bridgewater the starting quarterback for Week 1, according to Field Yates of ESPN.

Related Player: Drew Lock

Drew Lock may have the better arm, but Bridgewater has been safer with the football and supported two wide receivers in fantasy last season with Carolina. Prior to today's news, John Paulsen had Bridgewater at QB31 and Lock QB34.

The New Orleans Saints will be without TE Nick Vannett (knee) for 2-4 weeks, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. He joins Adam Trautman on the sidelines for the immediate future.

Related Player: Juwan Johnson

Bad news for Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill. Trautman was/is expected to be the main catching tight end, while Vannett the main blocking tight end. Word out of camp has Juwan Johnson as a wild card following an impressive showing the past few weeks and could be the starting tight end to open 2021. The converted wide receiver saw a snap increase during New Orleans's Week 2 preseason game following injuries to Trautman and Vannett.

From general manager George Paton to coach Vic Fangio and on down, the Denver Broncos say they don't hear the clock ticking on their quarterback decision. Eventually the calendar will demand they make one, though.

Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater have been in the swirl of a competition since Bridgewater's arrival in April. They have traded good days, bad days, touchdowns, turnovers, mistakes and plenty of the-decision-is-not-up-to-me missives along the way. But August is rolling along and September is on the horizon.

Paton said they don't have a timeframe, according to the story. He added the team loves the competition that's happening between the two. Each QB will get a preseason start, which means it's Bridgewater's turn in Week 2 after Lock started Week 1. As the story said, just because the team says they don't have a timeframe doesn't mean they don't have a plan and have been working on it behind closed doors.

“Pick one and put them in. We like all three guys. They do some things,” HC Brian Flores on his thought process for the backs rotation.

Related players: Myles Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed, Malcolm Brown

Twitter was buzzing during the Dolphins game as Brown got the start and a majority of the touches. Beat writers pointed out that while Brown has had a good camp, Gaskin has been just as good, if not better, according to those reporters. The Dolphins were rumored to draft or bring in a bigger name at the position, but that didn't happen and the hope by many would be that Gaskin would be the lead back. That could still happen, but at least for now, there is some coach-speak that the team likes all of their backs.

Dolphins RB Malcolm Brown started over Myles Gaskin in Miami's first preseason game. He finished with 16 snaps yielding an unimpressive nine carries for eight yards. Gaskin saw seven snaps resulting in six touches for 28 yards.

Myles Gaskin is being drafted as RB21 (half-PPR) while Malcolm Brown is sitting at RB51. This is a backfield to monitor as early reports suggest the Dolphins favor Brown as their starting running back and today's preseason game supports this outlook.

Vic Fangio on QB battle: "Still even-steven, there's been no separation. And we're going to keep the rotation these next 3 days the same as it's been."

Related players: Drew Lock, Teddy Bridgewater

Klis added to his tweet that Bridgewater had the better practice today. He completed a higher percentage than Lock and had more 20+yard completions, highlighted by first-rep deep TD to Diontae Spencer.

Myles Gaskin said the Miami Dolphins' offensive playbook "is much different than last year."

Myles Gaskin escaped the NFL Draft without much competition and is in line for a decent workload in 2021. He's currently ranked as RB21 in 4for4's rankings (.5 PPR)