ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In the weeks after Pat Shurmur was hired in January, quarterback Drew Lock spoke with his new offensive coordinator about an unheralded member of Denver's offensive personnel.
Courtland Sutton and Phillip Lindsay were clear Pro Bowl-caliber players, and 2019 first-round Noah Fant appeared set to follow the same trajectory.
Lock, though, wanted to vouch for an undrafted player, one who at that point had just a single touchdown on his resume.
"When I talked to Coach Shurmur, before he got here and got to know anybody, I told him that one of the guys that might not get talked about enough — he might get talked about a little bit, but not enough in my eyes — was Tim Patrick," Lock said after Sunday's win over New England. "He's always been that guy to me, in my opinion. Big, strong, physical guy, loves the game of the football. It's hard to beat him out to practice. … I told Coach Shurmur before he got here, 'Hey man, this guy is going to make a lot of plays for us this year.' Again, he's not a media guy. No one is going to freak out about him and get 30,000 tweets about Tim Patrick this year, but he's going to make a lot of plays for us. I just appreciate him being on the team and excited he's on the team."
With added opportunities and a good word from QB Drew Lock, WR Tim Patrick turning heads in Denver
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