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Atwater: Drew Lock’s ceiling depends on him

Discussing Drew Lock the same way he played safety, Steve Atwater will not waste your time but will hit you with the truth.

And that is that among everyone’s questions about whether Pat Shurmur’s playbook or Mike Shula’s coaching or Jordan Palmer’s Josh Allen offseason magic can be the difference in Lock becoming a franchise quarterback, the onus is really on one guy.

Drew Lock.

“I’m never one to underestimate ability of a player to improve, but it’s a lot of work,” Atwater told Ryan Edwards and Benjamin Allbright on Broncos Country Tonight. “A lot of work, a lot of film study, the right coaches pushing the right buttons.