Denver Broncos: Paxton Lynch has not stopped working on vacation

Denver Broncos quarterback Paxton Lynch may be battling for a backup job, but he’s working his tail off this offseason to get another chance…

The 2017 season didn’t just leave a sour taste in the mouths of Denver Broncos fans, who had to stomach one of the ugliest 5-11 records in team history. The last 12 months have been incredibly difficult on the player who wears number 12 with the Broncos, quarterback Paxton Lynch.

Lynch suffered an injury in week three of the preseason in the 2017 season, putting him on the shelf for half the season.

When Lynch came in to start against the Oakland Raiders in a road game, he once again went down with an injury.

Lynch was understandably devastated, and in tears on the sideline. It’s hard to blame him for being so emotional.

After losing the starting job to Trevor Siemian for a second consecutive year, Lynch had finally gotten his shot and was ready to at least give the Broncos a deep look into what he brings to the table as a passer and leader in general, hopefully showing growth week by week.

That didn’t happen, and the Broncos had to turn to Brock Osweiler while Lynch recovered.

To be fair to Lynch, he performed well in the Broncos’ season finale against the Chiefs, even if it was against backups.

As a matter of fact, he out-played Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes despite losing the game, but no one really seems to want to talk about that, even though Mahomes also played against backup players…

That’s another story.

Lynch’s 2017 season was one to forget, but there’s power in remembering your past as opposed to dwelling on it.

Lynch is clearly not doing the latter.

The former first-round pick out of Memphis has not stopped working since the season ended, and often posts multiple updates daily on his workout regimen and quarterback-specific work as well as weight lifting, cardio, plyometrics, and other workout videos.

Now, there are plenty of people in the world who work out and it doesn’t mean they are going to be successful quarterbacks, but given the context of some of the worries surrounding Lynch about playing too many video games and not spending enough time in the playbook (how true those rumors are remains to be seen), this is one of many positive developments this offseason for Lynch.

Next: What we learned from Broncos OTAs

According to eye-witness reports from Broncos OTAs, Lynch looked like a better player even though there were still some struggles here and there. He knows just like everyone else that he’s not going to be the starter, and Vance Joseph said (or tried to say) that Lynch is not feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders and playing much freer so far this year.

When players are going full speed at training camp, everyone will get a very clear update on the progress Lynch has made. It’s clear at this point, however, that he’s putting in more work this offseason than he perhaps has ever before in his football career.