ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, who has played a bit of quarterback and coached a few quarterbacks in his football life, has said one of the most important attributes for any quarterback can't be gauged in a tape-measure sort of way.
Kubiak often calls it "that bounce-back ability" and the Broncos got to see, at least a little of it, in rookie quarterback Paxton Lynch last weekend.
Lynch, enduring the sometimes-bumpy ride on the NFL learning curve, was on the field for 42 plays in the Broncos' 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers -- about a quarter and a half of work.