Only two items are required for covering Broncos’ training camp: a media credential and a shovel. The credential gets you through the gate. The shovel is to bury quarterback Paxton Lynch.
“He’s young. What did they have, eight plays at Memphis? He’s young,” said offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave, defending Lynch when it was my turn to ask a thinly veiled question challenging the football acumen of anyone that regards Denver’s 2016 first-round draft pick as anything except a bust.
Put down those shovels, folks. Lynch ain’t dead yet.
On Wednesday morning, I arrived at Dove Valley headquarters, choked down a cup of coffee and steeled myself for the dirty deed of throwing dirt on Lynch.