The Denver Broncos aren’t taking any probabilities after COVID-19 protocols took out all their quarterbacks and turned their Week 12 sport towards the New Orleans Saints right into a fiasco. They’re going to make completely certain they’ve an emergency COVID-19 quarterback going ahead.

That quarterback can be Blake Bortles, based on head coach Vic Fangio. He’ll primarily be the Broncos’ designated survivor for the remainder of the season.

Designated survivor

To ensure they’re not caught and not using a skilled NFL quarterback for the remainder of the season, the Broncos are using the identical idea the federal government makes use of to ensure it may possibly proceed to perform in case a number of high-ranking authorities officers are incapacitated on the similar time.

One member of the president’s line of succession have to be at a unique location throughout main occasions just like the State of the Union in case there’s a catastrophic occasion that kills or detains everybody. That’s the designated survivor. You may understand it from the Keifer Sutherland TV present of the identical identify.

Denver Broncos quarterback Blake Bortles, entrance, takes half in drills as injured quarterback Drew Lock appears to be like on throughout an NFL soccer observe Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photograph/David Zalubowski)

The Broncos model is fairly comparable. Fangio stated on Wednesday that Bortles could be staying away from the power and his teammates any further to restrict his publicity in case somebody on the crew has COVID-19 and is unwittingly spreadking it.

“One factor we’re going to do in the present day and do it on a daily foundation — Blake’s not going to return into the constructing in the present day from house after the digital conferences,” head coach Vic Fangio stated Wednesday, through BroncosWire.

Bortles will nonetheless be allowed to return to the power to eat and to get his required COVID-19 testing, however that’s it. To restrict any attainable publicity to COVID-19, he’ll be doing all of his conferences just about, gained’t be working towards with the crew, and might want to keep away from his teammates each time he’s within the constructing.

Limiting Bortles’ observe time with the crew most likely gained’t do a lot good for his total sport if he’s pressed into service, nevertheless it’s higher than the choice. The Broncos needed to begin observe squad extensive receiver Kendall Hinton at quarterback final week, who went 1-for-9 with 13 yards and two interceptions on the way in which to a 31-Three stomping. For Denver, something is healthier than a repeat of that.

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