After spending the first four years of his career with two different teams and multiple coaching staffs, 26-year-old quarterback Jeff Driskel signed a two-year deal with the Broncos in March.
Denver’s new backup quarterback will now be tasked with learning offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur’s offense.
“I wasn’t able to get it [the playbook] until I was officially signed,” Driskel said during a conference call with reporters on March 26. “It just came in in FedEx. There’s going to be a big learning curve. I’ve got a lot to learn. I’ll have a lot of time to study. I’ve had to learn a bunch of offenses over the course of my football career.”
Due to COVID-19, the NFL has closed team facilities and offseason programs have been postponed indefinitely. So Driskel won’t be able to work with his teammates anytime soon but the veteran quarterback will be able to study and workout on his own.
When the Broncos get together again, Driskel will be ready to go.
“I’m no rookie when it comes to learning a new system,” Driskel said. “It will just be in a different environment this year. Hopefully, we can get out to Denver all together and go through some type of offseason program, but we’re just not really sure how that’s going to work this year.”
