Tag: Funny

The story behind Drew Lock’s ‘Buzz Lightyear’ celebration

This is why Broncos quarterback Drew Lock imitated Buzz Lightyear after he scored against the Texans on Sunday.

After throwing a touchdown pass against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock celebrated by imitating ‘Toy Story’ character Buzz Lightyear. The funny celebration is Lock’s way of poking some playful fun at himself after teammates mocked his armband in practice.

Broncos rookie guard Dalton Risner likes to tease Lock and that teasing carried over into the huddle.

“That first time out there where I was in the huddle, Buzz Lightyear was used,” Lock said on Dec. 4. “[They said] ‘to Infinity and Beyond,’ with the play calls on my arm, they got all of it ready for me. It’s been fun. It keeps things light for sure in practice.”

Risner was mocking Lock’s armband that displays the team’s plays. Because he didn’t call plays in college, the young quarterback uses the armband to help him call plays in the NFL. That has led to some grief from his teammates and Lock is making the best of it, joining in on the fun.

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Broncos OL Dalton Risner gives QB Drew Lock ‘a lot of crap’

Broncos guard Dalton Risner playfully gives quarterback Drew Lock a hard time in the huddle.

Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay describes offensive guard Dalton Risner as a “character.” He likes to talk smack — even to his own teammates.

Risner and quarterback Drew Lock were both selected in the second round of this year’s NFL draft and they roomed together in the spring. They formed a friendship and Risner, being the jokester that he is, has carried their banter into the huddle.

“Dalton Risner likes to give me a lot of crap in the huddle, especially in practice,” Lock said with a smile Wednesday. “He’ll go up to the ball after I call a play, he’ll ask me, and say the exact opposite of the play pretty much. ‘No, Dalton.’ He’s just trying to get me all riled up.”

Lock did not play calls in college while at Missouri so he has been wearing an armband to call plays. Risner couldn’t let that slide.

“That first time out there where I was in the huddle, Buzz Lightyear was used,” Lock said. “‘To Infinity and Beyond,’ with the play calls on my arm, they got all of it ready for me. It’s been fun. It keeps things light for sure in practice. Dalton likes to talk.”

Lindsay believes Risner’s talking is good for the team.

“Dalton gives everybody grief, but that’s just who he is,” the running back said. “That’s great when you have good character guys. You need that in the huddle, and you need that for your team. That helps build a franchise into being successful. You have to have different personalities.”

Through the first 12 games of his career, Risner has been penalized three times and has allowed 2.5 sacks. Not a bad start.

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Shaq Lawson had choice words for Connor McGovern after Bills beat Broncos

Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson had some choice words for Broncos center Connor McGovern after Buffalo defeated Denver in Week 12.

Bills edge defender Shaq Lawson apparently has a beef with Broncos center Connor McGovern. After Buffalo defeated Denver 20-3 in Week 12, the defensive end found the offensive lineman on the field and had some choice words for him.

Lawson seemed to indicate that McGovern had said he had never heard of the defender before the game. Lawson then had a two-sack performance against the Broncos’ offensive line.

“You remember my name, I got two sacks on [you],” Lawson said after the game. “I got two sacks on [you]. You remember me now. That’s all I wanted to say to him. No cap.”

Bills center Mitch Morse came between the two players to prevent the situation from escalating. One of Lawson’s sacks came against McGovern and the other came against rookie guard Dalton Risner.

McGovern (6-4, 306 pounds) was selected by Denver in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft out of Missouri. He has been a reliable offensive lineman for the Broncos, allowing just four sacks in 42 games.

Lawson (6-3, 267 pounds) was selected by Buffalo in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft out of Clemson. At worst, he’s a bust. At best, he’s a late bloomer. He has just 15 sacks in his career, including a career-high five sacks this season.

The Broncos are scheduled to play the Bills again in 2020.

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Phillip Lindsay hasn’t actually moved out of his parents’ home yet

Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay plans to move out of his parents’ home but he hasn’t found a new place to live yet.

Last week, Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport that he is moving out of his parents’ home.

Lindsay signed with Denver as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Colorado last year and he didn’t get his own apartment in part to save money.

“I was able to save some money for me to be able to get a place and also help myself out after getting a place,” Lindsay told Rapoport. “I just think it was the right choice to do right now.”

Lindsay said Wednesday that he hasn’t actually moved out yet.

“Right now, I’m looking around and shopping around stuff, so we’ll see how that goes,” the running back said.

So he’s going to move out, but he’s not actively moving out at the moment. Perhaps the move will take place at the end of the season.

Lindsay is on pace to gain 1,322 yards from scrimmage in 2019.

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Broncos QBs Brandon Allen and Drew Lock recall facing each other in college

I still tell him about it,” Broncos quarterback Brandon Allen said of beating Drew Lock in college.

Denver Broncos quarterbacks Brandon Allen and Drew Lock faced off as the starters for Arkansas and Missouri during the 2015 college football season. Allen was a senior and Lock was a freshman.

“It was freezing,” Allen said Wednesday. “I remember that. It was a sleet game at home. I think it was the only time I played him, and I think we beat him. That was good. I still tell him about it.”

Wait, he thinks he beat him?

“No, we definitely beat them,” Allen said with a smile.

The Razorbacks defeated the Tigers 28-3.

Neither QB played particularly well in the game — they both threw an interception and neither scored a touchdown — but Allen got the win and therefore has the bragging rights.

“He does,” Lock admitted. “They did beat us when I was a young 18-year-old. I think he was a fifth-year guy so what 22 maybe, 23? I was very young, but then I think we took care of business the next couple of years.”

Brandon’s younger brother, Austin, took over as Arkansas’ starter in 2016. Lock got the best of Austin in 2016 and 2017, winning 28-24 and 48-45.

“I kind of claimed [bragging rights] back from him and it was against his brother,” Lock said. “I think I got the family outright. He just might have me.”

Austin signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2018 and failed to make their 53-man roster. He then went on to spend time with the Memphis Express and Salt Lake Stallions in the now-folded AAF.

Lock went on to be selected by Denver in the second round of April’s draft. He is below Allen on the depth chart at the moment but that might change by the end of the season.

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Broncos fans love the reason why Terrell Davis yanked his son from a youth football team

Former Broncos running back Terrell Davis wouldn’t let his son play for a youth football team named the “Raiders.”

The Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders have been divisional rivals dating ball the way back to their AFL days in 1960. Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis played in 10 of those rivalry games during his career and helped Denver dominate the series 8-2.

Davis gained 1,054 yards from scrimmage and scored 8 touchdowns in those contests against Oakland and he still feels part of the rivalry to this day. Davis dislikes the Raiders so much that he removed his son from a youth football team named after them, according to NFL Network’s Lindsay Rhodes.

Broncos fans on Twitter approved of the ex-RB’s decision.

Davis ranks No. 1 in franchise history with 7,607 rushing yards and 60 rushing touchdowns. He also totaled 1,280 receiving yards and caught five touchdown passes before his career was cut short by injury.

Davis was a key member of the Broncos teams that won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1997 and 1998, rushing for 1,049 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven playoff games. He was named the NFL’s MVP in 1998 and named the MVP of Super Bowl XXXII following a 31-21 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Davis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.

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