Drew Lock had a feeling he was the No. 1 quarterback on the Broncos’ draft board. One of the giveaways? Rich Scangarello, Denver’s offensive coordinator, treated him like he was already part of the team’s offense.
“We talked about a lot of stuff in our [pre-draft] meeting,” Lock said during an introductory press conference on April 27. “Installed a couple plays, talked over some of my film, talked over some of, I guess our film now. We talked over a little bit of the Denver Bronco film. He pointed a little thing here and there.”
Scangarello then gave Lock something specific to work out: throwing while rolling out to his left, something a quarterback has to be able to do in his offense.
“I do a little unorthodox thing sometimes when I go to the left, and we’re going to focus on that and getting it down right,” Lock said. “You’ve got to get out of the pocket. You’ve got to make plays out of the pocket, and that was one of the main things we talked about. For him to be able to go ahead and say something to me in that early meeting, allowing me to work on it now before I ended up being a Bronco, I think that was huge.”
Lock wasn’t used to that kind of instruction during a pre-draft visit, a sign that Denver hoped to land him during the draft. The Broncos ended up selecting the Missouri quarterback in the second round. His pre-draft visit left him excited about joining the team.
“That was one of the reasons why I felt good coming out of the meeting,” Lock said. “A lot of these teams, they’ll talk to you about your film and go over a play, and not necessarily critique you and tell you what you need to get better on. You’ve got to ask them for that.
“That was just the different vibe I got here. Everything was played out, and he had those tips for me, which made me feel like this could be a home in the future. Now, I’m standing here a Denver Bronco.”
