A conscientious type, the Broncos’ right guard may have been pressing in the opener to prove the value of the new contract.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Quinn Meinerz is accustomed to being a leader on a football team, just not in the stereotypical Joe Captain way.
The Broncos’ starting right guard since midway through his rookie season of 2021, Meinerz has been challenged to leave his comfort zone this year after teammates voted him as one of their six captains.
“I’ve always had a harder time being a vocal captain,’’ Meinerz said for the Broncos Huddle show this week on 9NEWS. “That’s not really been me, from high school to college to now — being a vocal captain is not necessarily my strength. I’m more of a leader-by-example kind of a person.”
“This is another challenge of mine of stepping into this role of being a captain and having to use …