As Bradley Chubb watched Calvin Anderson get carted off in the first quarter of Sunday’s win over the Chargers, the outside linebacker turned to his teammates on the sideline and gave a vote of confidence to the Broncos’ next man up at left tackle.
That man? The unheralded Quinn Bailey.
Bailey was elevated from Denver’s practice squad the day before and has spent most of the past three seasons on that unit. He took over for Anderson and played 63% of the offensive snaps, and was responsible for no bad runs along with zero errors in pass-protection.