Team news: Seattle Seahawks | Page 32

Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway has said little publicly about Drew Lock. But with the team likely missing the playoffs for the fifth straight season -- and with a talented, young roster of offensive skill position players -- Lock's final month will go a long way in deciding his future.

Lock has completed 55.4% of his passes this season, passing for 1,918 yards with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. If the Broncos don't have much success in the final four games and end up picking in the prime real estate of the 2021 draft -- top 10 -- in which the best quarterback prospects are often selected, it could sway them to move on from Lock, the story indicated. The team wants to see less interceptions and more conversions on third down, HC Vic Fangio said in the story.

The Dolphins activated RB Myles Gaskin from injured reserve Saturday.

Gaskin was on IR with a knee injury but is set to play for the first time since Week 8. He has been practicing for the last two weeks and could be set to take the lead role back in Week 13 with Miami’s other backs all either banged up or, in Matt Brieda’s case, on the COVID list.

Dolphins head coach Brian Flores told reporters Friday that RBs Salvon Ahmed and DeAndre Washington will be listed as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Related Players: Myles Gaskin, Matt Breida

Ahmed was practicing this week, so this is probably to ensure he is good to go for the rest of the season and not rush him back. Myles Gaskin is expected to be activated off of IR and should see the lead back duties for Miami.

Per player sources: Drew Lock, Brett Rypien, Blake Bortles all tested negative again today, clearing them to return.

All three Bronco QBs had close contact with Jeff Driskel, who was infected with COVID, without masks, breaking league protocols. But, none of them caught the virus, according to reports. As Klis points out, the Broncos and the three QBs could have played a Tuesday night game. Either way, Lock is expected to start against the Chiefs in Week 13.

The Denver Broncos had no new positive coronavirus tests coming out of Sunday testing, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Broncos were without their entire quarterback depth chart for Sunday's loss to the Saints due to the positive test of backup quarterback Jeff Driskel and the fact that the team's three other QBs (Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles) were all deemed to be high-risk contacts.

Lock, the team's starting quarterback, issued an apology on social media before Sunday's game acknowledging that the quarterbacks had erred in not strictly adhering to mask policies with one another, according to the story.

Jets QB Sam Darnold will be back into the starting lineup Sunday against the Dolphins and head coach Adam Gase will resume playcalling duties.

As Mortensen notes, this pretty much ties the future of the two together, though it’s obviously well-expected neither will be with the team in 2021. The offense started looking reasonable over the last few weeks with Dowell Loggains calling the shots. The offense likely will fall back under Gase’s direction, so proceed with caution against a very solid Dolphins defense.